Numbers 32:5
What does Numbers 32:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 32:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they say, `If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight, that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and make us not pass over the Jordan.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
- Deuteronomy 1:37
Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:
- Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
- Genesis 19:19
behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:
- 1 Samuel 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
- Esther 5:2
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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