Numbers 21:27
What does Numbers 21:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 21:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862therefore those using similes say--`Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
Context
v.26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.
v.27This passage
v.28For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 14:4
that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Numbers 21:14
Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,
- Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
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