Numbers 21:32

What does Numbers 21:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 21:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Moses sent men secretly to Jazer, and they took its towns, driving out the Amorites who were living there.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Moses sendeth to spy out Jaazer, and they capture its villages, and dispossess the Amorite who <FI>is<Fi> there,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Moses sent some to take a view of Jazer: and they took the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its dependent villages, and he dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

Context

v.31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

v.32This passage

v.33And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 32:3

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

  • Numbers 32:1

    Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

  • Isaiah 16:8

    For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

  • Jeremiah 48:32

    With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen.

  • Numbers 32:35

    and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,

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