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Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 3:18

`And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath 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,
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.
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;
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 goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel, 7 and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?' and he saith, `I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses. 8 And he saith, `Where [is] this -- the way we go up?' and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.' 9 And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that [are] at their feet, 10 and the king of Israel saith, `Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.' 11 And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?' And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.' 12 And Jehoshaphat saith, `The word of Jehovah is with him;' and go down unto him do the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom. 13 And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, `What -- to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;' and the king of Israel saith to him, `Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.' 14 And Elisha saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee; 15 and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is 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 saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;
Genesis 3:15
and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'
Joshua 23:13
know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
Job 1:21
and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Job 31:40
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Psalms 104:2
Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns -- snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been 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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