Numbers 32:42
What does Numbers 32:42 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 32:42 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof: and he called it by his own name, Nobe.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name.
Context
v.41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
v.42This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, unto this day.
- Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
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