Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.
WEB
and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
YLT
and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches--ditches;
DBT
And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC