2 Kings 3:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.

KJV

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

WEB

Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

ASV

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

LSV

And he says, “Where [is] this—the way we go up?” And he says, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

YLT

And he saith, 'Where [is] this — the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

DBY

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

DRC

And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.

GNV

Then said he, What way shall we goe vp? And he answered, The way of the wildernesse of Edom.

JPS

And he said: 'Which way shall we go up?' And he answered: 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

LXXE

And he said, What way shall I go up? and he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי־זֶ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ נַעֲלֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר דֶּ֖רֶךְ מִדְבַּ֥ר אֱדֽוֹם׃

LXX-Br

καὶ εἶπε, ποίᾳ ὁδῷ ἀναβῶ; καὶ εἶπεν, ὁδὸν ἔρημον Ἐδώμ.

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• Numbers 21:4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
• Malachi 1:2–3“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and…

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