He said, “Yahweh says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
- BSB and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
- NKJV And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’
- NASB And he said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
- NLT and he said, “This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Kgs 4:3Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from of all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
- Num 2:16–18“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
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