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Green's Literal Translation

2 Kings 3:18

But this is a light thing in the eyes of Jehovah; He also has given Moab 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,
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.
Berean Standard Bible
This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and 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

6 And King Jehoram went out in that day from Samaria, and called up all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up. I am as you; my people as your people; my horses as your horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 And the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army, and for the livestock that were at their feet. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, that Jehovah has called these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 11 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, Here is Elisha the sonof Shaphat, who poured water on the hands ofElijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The Word of Jehovah is with him. And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No, for Jehovah has called these three kings in order to give theminto the hand of Moab. 14 And Elisha said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, if I did not regard the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah I would not look toward you, nor see you. 15 And now, bring a minstrel to me. And it happened when the minstrel played, the hand of Jehovah was on him.

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
And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all beasts, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly, and you shall eat dust 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 bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
Joshua 23:13
know certainly that Jehovah your God shall not continue to dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which Jehovahyour God has given you.
Job 1:21
And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.
Job 5:5
The hungry eat his harvest, and take him to the thorns, and the snare snuffs up their wealth.
Job 31:40
let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and a weed instead of barley. The words of Job are finished.
Psalms 90:3
You turn man to dust, and say, Return, O sons of men.
Psalms 104:2
covering Yourself with light like a cloak, and stretching out the heavens like a curtain;
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse, he who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
and, lo, it was all risen up with thistles; nettles had covered its surface, and its 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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