Numbers 21:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:”
Numbers 21:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 21:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 21:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;”
Numbers 21:27 — World English Bible
Numbers 21:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: ”
Numbers 21:27 — American Standard Version
Numbers 21:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“therefore those using similes say--`Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,”
Numbers 21:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 21:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established. ”
Numbers 21:27 — Darby Translation
Numbers 21:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired:”
Numbers 21:27 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 21:27 in Context — Numbers 21
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
What Does Numbers 21:27 Mean?
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