Numbers 32:41

What does Numbers 32:41 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 32:41 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them `Towns of Jair;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets, and called them Havoth-Jair.

Context

v.40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

v.41This passage

v.42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Cross references

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

  • Judges 10:4

    And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)

  • Joshua 13:30

    And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

  • 1 Chronicles 2:21

    And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he tookto wifewhen he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

  • 1 Kings 4:13

    Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);

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