2 Kings 3:16
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
KJV
Hæc dicit Dominus : Facite alveum torrentis hujus fossas et fossas.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ποιήσατε τὸν χειμάρρουν τοῦτον βοθύνους βοθύνους.
LXX
And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עָשֹׂ֛ה הַ/נַּ֥חַל הַ/זֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים גֵּבִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גֵּבִ֔ים
gbym
noun · 4×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 17:14 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
- 2Kgs 5:10 — And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
- Ps 107:35 — He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.