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Numbers 31:35

What does Numbers 31:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and of human beings--of the women who have not known the lying of a male--all the persons <FI>are<Fi> two and thirty thousand.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that had not known men.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.

Context

v.34and threescore and one thousand asses,

v.35This passage

v.36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

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