2 Kings 3:18
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
2 Kings 3:18 in other translations
| BSB | This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. |
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| WEB | This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. |
| ASV | And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. |
| YLT | ‘And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand, |
| DARBY | And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand. |
| BBE | And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands. |
| Webster | And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. |
What does 2 Kings 3:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 3:6-19
The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart fretteth against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, till…
2 Kings 3:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 3:18
- Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
- Jeremiah 32:17
Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- 2 Kings 20:10
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
- Mark 10:27
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
- Ezekiel 8:17
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
- 1 Kings 20:13
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
- Isaiah 7:1-9
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. …
- 1 Kings 3:13
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
- 1 Kings 20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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Context
- 2 Kings 3:17
For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
- 2 Kings 3:18
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
- 2 Kings 3:19
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
2 Kings 3:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esto es cosa ligera en los ojos de Jehová; dará también á los Moabitas en vuestras manos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et cela est peu de chose aux yeux de l’ Éternel: il livrera aussi Moab entre vos mains; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das ist noch gering in den Augen Jehovas; er wird auch Moab in eure Hand geben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Parumque est hoc in conspectu Domini: insuper tradet etiam Moab in manus vestras. |