2 Kings 3:16
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.In other versions
And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.
ASV
And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.
BBE
And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.
DBY
He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
WEB
and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches -- ditches;
YLT
And he said, Thus says the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
ENG
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
WBT
and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
BSB
In context
14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17For 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.
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.