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2 Kings 3:18

This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Moabites;   Water;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Water;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mesha;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehoram;   Jehoshaphat;   Moabite Stone;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dibon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Kir-Hareseth;   Mesha;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Edom, Edomites;   Jehoshaphat;   Medeba;   Mesha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joram, Jehoram;   Mesha ;   Miracles;   Moab, Moabites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirharaseth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Jehoshaphat;   Mesha;   Moab;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Light;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is easy in the Lord’s sight. He will also hand Moab over to you.
Hebrew Names Version
This is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will also deliver the Mo`avim into your hand.
King James Version
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord : he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
English Standard Version
This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord . He will also give the Moabites into your hand,
New Century Version
This is easy for the Lord to do; he will also hand Moab over to you.
New English Translation
This is an easy task for the Lord ; he will also hand Moab over to you.
Amplified Bible
'This is but a simple thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also hand over the Moabites to you.
New American Standard Bible
'And this is an insignificant thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But this is a small thing in the sight of the Lorde: for he will giue Moab into your hande.
Legacy Standard Bible
And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.
Contemporary English Version
That simple thing isn't all the Lord is going to do. He will also help you defeat Moab's army.
Complete Jewish Bible
That's an easy thing to do, from Adonai 's perspective. He will also hand Mo'av over to you.
Darby Translation
And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is an easy thing for the Lord to do. He will also help you defeat the Moabites.
George Lamsa Translation
And this is but a small thing in the sight of the LORD; he will deliver the Moabites also into your hands.
Good News Translation
And Elisha continued, "But this is an easy thing for the Lord to do; he will also give you victory over the Moabites.
Lexham English Bible
And since this is too trivial in the eyes of Yahweh, he will also give Moab into your hand,
Literal Translation
But this is a light thing in the eyes of Jehovah; He also has given Moab into your hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee and that is but a small thinge in the sighte of the LORDE. And the Moabites shal he delyuer in to youre handes,
American Standard Version
And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Bible in Basic English
And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this is yet but a small thing in the sight of the Lorde, forasmuch as he wil geue ouer the Moabites also into your handes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
King James Version (1611)
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord, he will deliuer the Moabites also into your hand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this is a light thing in the eyes of the Lord: I will also deliver Moab into your hand.
English Revised Version
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is litil in the siyt of the Lord. Ferthermore also he schal bitake Moab in to youre hondis;
Young's Literal Translation
`And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand,
Update Bible Version
And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
World English Bible
This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
New King James Version
And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
New Living Translation
But this is only a simple thing for the Lord , for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab!
New Life Bible
This is only a small thing in the eyes of the Lord. He will give you the Moabites also.
New Revised Standard
This is only a trifle in the sight of the Lord , for he will also hand Moab over to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this being a small thing in the eyes of Yahweh, he will deliver Moab into your hand;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord: moreover, he will deliver, also, Moab into your hands.
Revised Standard Version
This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD; he will also give the Moabites into your hand,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'This is but a slight thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.

Contextual Overview

6So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. 7And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" "I will go," replied Jehoshaphat. "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." 8Then he asked, "Which way shall we go up?" "By way of the Desert of Edom," replied Joram. 9So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals. 10"Alas," said the king of Israel, "for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!" 11But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him." And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah." 12Jehoshaphat affirmed, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, "What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!" "No," replied the king of Israel, "for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab." 14Then Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you. 15But now, bring me a harpist." And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And this: 1 Kings 3:13, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 3:20

a light: 2 Kings 20:10, 1 Kings 16:31, Isaiah 7:13, Isaiah 49:6, Ezekiel 8:17

he will: 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:28, Isaiah 7:1-9

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:34 - for I have 1 Samuel 23:4 - for I will 1 Kings 20:21 - went out 1 Chronicles 17:17 - a small thing

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
Joshua 23:13
know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Job 1:21
saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 31:40
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley." Thus conclude the words of Job.
Psalms 90:3
You return man to dust, saying, "Return, O sons of mortals."
Psalms 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord,.... To give them such a plenty of water in such an extraordinary manner: he would do for them what was greater, not only save them from falling into the hand of Moab, which they feared,

but he wilt deliver the Moabites into your hands; which was more than was asked for, or expected.


 
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