This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB This is an easy thing in Yahweh’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- KJV And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
- NKJV And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- NASB And this is an insignificant thing in the sight of the Lord; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.
- NLT But this is only a simple thing for the Lord, for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab!
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Quick answer
God calls the water a small matter and promises also to give Moab into Israel's hand. The greater victory is guaranteed alongside the lesser miracle.
Overview
What overwhelms the kings is "easy" in Yahweh's sight, magnifying His power over their crisis. Beyond water, God pledges total victory over Moab. The assurance reminds believers that no need or enemy is too great for the Lord to handle.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”
- Jer 32:27“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Jer 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- 2 Kgs 20:10“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
- Mark 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
- Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Eph 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Ezek 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- 1 Kgs 3:13Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
- Isa 7:1–9Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
- 1 Kgs 20:13Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kgs 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Isa 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
- 1 Kgs 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
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