Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?

New American Standard Bible

“Stand by the road and keep watch,
O inhabitant of Aroer;
Ask him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’

King James Version

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

International Standard Version

Stand by the road and keep watch, O woman who lives in Aroer. Ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes. Say, "What happened'?

A Conservative Version

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch. Ask him who flees, and her who escapes. Say, What has been done?

American Standard Version

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

Amplified


“O inhabitant of Aroer,
Stand by the road and keep watch!
Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes,
Saying, ‘What has happened?’

Bible in Basic English

O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?

Darby Translation

Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?

Julia Smith Translation

Stand to the way and look about, thou inhabiting Aroer; ask him fleeing, and her escaping, say, What was it?

King James 2000

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What has happened?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Stand by [the] road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask [the man who is] fleeing and [the woman who is] escaping, say, 'What has happened?'

Modern King James verseion

O dweller of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, What is happening?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get thee to the street, and look about thee: ask them that are fled and escaped, and say, 'What thing is happened?'

NET Bible

You who live in Aroer, stand by the road and watch. Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping. Ask them, 'What has happened?'

New Heart English Bible

Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, "What has been done?"

The Emphasized Bible

Near the way, take thy stand and keep outlook, O inhabitress of Aroer: Ask - him that fleeth, and Her that hath escaped, Say, What hath happened?

Webster

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

World English Bible

Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?

Youngs Literal Translation

On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

of Aroer
ערעור ערער ערוער 
`Arow`er 
Usage: 16

by the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

and espy
צפה 
Tsaphah 
Usage: 36

ask
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

and say

Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Moab

18 Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19 Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?
20 Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:36

There was no city that was inaccessible to us, from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead. The Lord our God gave everything to us.

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, “I’m the one who came from the battle. I fled from there today.”

“What happened, my son?” Eli asked.

1 Samuel 4:13-14

When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road watching, because he was anxious about the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the entire city cried out.

Numbers 32:34

The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

2 Samuel 1:3-4

David asked him, “Where have you come from?”

He replied to him, “I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.”

2 Samuel 18:24-32

David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gate and over to the wall. The watchman looked out and saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 24:5

They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and then proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

1 Chronicles 5:8

and Bela son of Azaz,
son of Shema, son of Joel.


They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

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