2 Kings 3:8
World English Bible (WEB)
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
In context
6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10 The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
2 Kings 3:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through 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.