Numbers 34:11

What does Numbers 34:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 34:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the border hath gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border hath gone down, and hath smitten against the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall strike upon the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

Context

v.10And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

v.11This passage

v.12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Kings 23:33

    And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

  • Deuteronomy 3:17

    the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

  • Matthew 14:34

    And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret.

  • 2 Kings 25:6

    Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

  • Jeremiah 52:26

    And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

  • Joshua 13:27

    and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

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