12 When Moab appears at her high place,

she only wears herself out;

when she goes to her shrine to pray,

it is to no avail.

12 And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, That he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

12 The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,

but it will do them no good.

They will cry to the gods in their temples,

but no one will be able to save them.

12 And it shall come to pass,

When it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place,

That he will come to his sanctuary to pray;

But he will not prevail.

12 The people of Moab will go to their places of worship

and will try to pray.

But when they go to their temple to pray,

they will not be able.

12 And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

12 And it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

12 When the people of Moab appear at the worship site, 

they will only wear themselves out. 

They will come into the holy place to pray, 

but they won’t be able to. 

12 When Moab appears on the high place,

when he tires himself out

and comes to his sanctuary to pray,

it will do him no good.

12 When Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

12 And this shall happen:

when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place

and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail.

12 Moab’s people go to their high place to pray.

But all they do is wear themselves out.

Their god Chemosh can’t help them at all.