Numbers 21:21

Easy-to-Read Version

The Israelites sent some men to King Sihon of the Amorites. The men said to the king,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el sent messengers to Sichon king of the Amori, saying,

King James Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, saying,

English Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Century Version
The Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

New English Translation
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites sent this message to King Sihon of the Amorites:

Complete Jewish Bible
(RY: iv, LY: vii) Isra'el sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message:

Darby Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say:

Christian Standard Bible®
Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites:

Literal Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siho the kynge of the Amorrites, & caused to saye vnto him:

American Standard Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.

English Revised Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Israel sente messangeris to Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

World English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:26-37">[xr] Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Living Translation
The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message:

New Life Bible
Then Israel sent men to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Revised Standard
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent Israel messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

THE MESSAGE
Israel sent emissaries to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, "Let us cross your land. We won't trespass into your fields or drink water in your vineyards. We'll keep to the main road, the King's Road, until we're through your land."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Contextual Overview

²¹ The Israelites sent some men to King Sihon of the Amorites. The men said to the king, ²² "Allow us to travel through your country. We will not go through any field or vineyard. We will not drink water from any of your wells. We will travel only along King's Road. We will stay on that road until we have traveled through your country." ²³ But King Sihon would not allow the Israelites to travel through his country. He gathered together his army and marched out to the desert to fight against the Israelites. The king's army fought against the Israelites at Jahaz. ²⁴ But the Israelites defeated the king and took his land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. The Israelites took the land as far as the Ammonite border. They stopped at that border because it was strongly defended by the Ammonites. ²⁵ Israel took all the Amorite cities and began living in them. They even defeated the city of Heshbon and all the small towns around it. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city where Sihon, the Amorite king, lived. In the past Sihon had fought with the king of Moab. Sihon had taken the land as far as the Arnon River. ²⁷ That is why the singers sing this song: "Go in and rebuild Heshbon! Make Sihon's city strong. ²⁸ A fire began in Heshbon. That fire began in Sihon's city. The fire destroyed Ar in Moab. It burned the hills above Arnon River. ²⁹ It is bad for you, Moab. You lost Chemosh's people. His sons ran away. His daughters were taken prisoners by Sihon, king of the Amorites. ³⁰ But we defeated those Amorites. We destroyed their towns from Heshbon to Dibon, from Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 20:14-19, Deuteronomy 2:26-28, Judges 11:19-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:13 - Amorite Deuteronomy 1:4 - General Deuteronomy 2:12 - as Israel did Deuteronomy 2:27 - General Deuteronomy 4:46 - Moses Deuteronomy 29:7 - General Joshua 2:10 - what ye did Joshua 24:8 - General Judges 10:11 - Amorites Judges 11:12 - sent messengers 1 Kings 4:19 - the country of Sihon 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite Nehemiah 9:22 - Sihon Psalms 68:14 - When Psalms 135:11 - Sihon Psalms 136:19 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac.

Genesis 21:4
Abraham did what God commanded and circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old.

Genesis 21:34
And Abraham lived as a stranger for a long time in the country of the Philistines.

Numbers 10:12
So the Israelites began their journey. They left the desert of Sinai and traveled until the cloud stopped in the desert of Paran.

Numbers 12:16
After that the people left Hazeroth and traveled to the desert of Paran where they set up camp.

Numbers 13:3
So Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and sent out the Israelite leaders while the people were camped in the desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:26
The Israelites were camped near Kadesh, in the desert of Paran. The men went to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelites. They told Moses, Aaron, and all the people what they saw and showed them the fruit from the land.

Judges 14:2
When he returned home, he said to his father and mother, "I saw a Philistine woman in Timnah. I want you to get her for me. I want to marry her."

1 Samuel 25:1
Samuel died. All the Israelites met together and mourned his death. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved to the desert of Maon.

1 Corinthians 7:38
So the man who marries his fiancée does right, and the man who does not marry does better.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,.... Who were one of the nations of the Canaanites, and a principal and powerful one, and who were devoted to destruction, and their land designed for the people of Israel; see Genesis 15:16, at this time Sihon was their king, to whom Moses, in the name of Israel, sent a very peaceable message from the wilderness of Kedemoth, which lay near his country, Deuteronomy 2:26:

saying; as follows.