2 Kings 3:8
King James Version (KJV)
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
In context
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
2 Kings 3:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he saith, 'Where [is] this — the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.