Numbers 21:18
What does Numbers 21:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 21:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wildernessthey journeyedto Mattanah;
KJV
King James Version · 1611The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wildernessthey journeyedto Mattanah;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`A well--digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness <FI>they journeyed<Fi> to Mattanah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at [the word of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
- Numbers 33:45
And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.
- Nehemiah 3:5
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.
- 2 Chronicles 17:7
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
- Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
- 1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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