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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 32:25

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak to Moses, saying, "Your servants do as my lord is commanding;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gad;   Gilead;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Uncharitableness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Reuben, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Gad (1);   Jaazer;   Jogbehah;   Pentateuch;   Reuben;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Israel;   Leopard;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Reuben;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Gad and the children of Re'uven spoke to Moshe, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
King James Version
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Lexham English Bible
So the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben said to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
English Standard Version
And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
New Century Version
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "We are your servants, and we will do what you, our master, command.
New English Translation
So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
Amplified Bible
Then the descendants of Gad and of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the children of Gad & the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruats will doe as my lorde commandeth:
Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
Contemporary English Version
The men from Reuben and Gad answered: Sir, we will do just what you have said.
Complete Jewish Bible
The descendants of Gad and the descendants of Re'uven said to Moshe, "Your servants will do as my lord orders.
Darby Translation
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people from the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, "We are your servants. You are our master, so we will do what you say.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad said to Moses, Your servants will do as our lord commands.
Good News Translation
The men of Gad and Reuben said, "Sir, we will do as you command.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Gad, & the childre of Ruben sayde vnto Moses: Thy seruauntes shal do as my lorde hath comaunded.
American Standard Version
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Gad, and the children of Ruben, spake vnto Moyses, saying: Thy seruauntes wyll do as my Lorde commaundeth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruants will doe as my lord commandeth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as our lord commands.
English Revised Version
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Berean Standard Bible
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Gad and of Ruben seiden to Moises, We ben thi seruauntis; we schulen do that, that oure lord comaundith.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, `Thy servants do as my lord is commanding;
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your slaves will do as my lord commands.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
World English Bible
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
New King James Version
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
New Living Translation
Then the men of Gad and Reuben replied, "We, your servants, will follow your instructions exactly.
New Life Bible
The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do just as my lord says.
New Revised Standard
Then the Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben unto Moses, saying, - thy servants, will do, as, my lord, is giving command.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.
Revised Standard Version
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
THE MESSAGE
The families of Gad and Reuben told Moses: "We will do as our master commands. Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will stay behind here in the towns of Gilead. But we, every one of us fully armed, will cross the river to fight for God , just as our master has said."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

Contextual Overview

16And they come near to him and say, "We build folds for the flock here for our livestock, and cities for our infants; 17but we are armed, hastening before the sons of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defense because of the inhabitants of the land; 18we do not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have each inherited his inheritance, 19for we do not inherit with them across the Jordan and beyond, for our inheritance has come to us beyond the Jordan at the [sun]-rising." 20And Moses says to them, "If you do this thing, if you are armed before YHWH for battle, 21and every armed one of you has passed over the Jordan before YHWH, until His dispossessing His enemies from before Him, 22and the land has been subdued before YHWH, then afterward you return, and have been acquitted by YHWH and by Israel, and this land has been to you for a possession before YHWH. 23And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against YHWH, and know that your sin finds you; 24build for yourselves cities for your infants and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth you do." 25And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak to Moses, saying, "Your servants do as my lord is commanding;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 1:13, Joshua 1:14

Reciprocal: Joshua 1:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:22
hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until your entering there"; therefore he calls the name of the city Zoar.
Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sends messengers before him to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, the field of Edom,
Genesis 32:4
and commands them, saying, "Thus you say to my lord, to Esau, Thus said your servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and I linger until now;
Genesis 32:5
and I have ox, and donkey, flock, and manservant, and maidservant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes."
Genesis 32:6
And the messengers return to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him";
Genesis 32:7
and Jacob fears exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divides the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
Genesis 32:8
and says, "If Esau comes to one camp, and has struck it—then the camp which is left has been for an escape."
Genesis 32:9
And Jacob says, "God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, YHWH who says to me, Return to your land and to your family, and I do good with you:
Genesis 32:13
And he lodges there during that night, and takes from that which is coming into his hand, a present for his brother Esau:
Genesis 32:14
female goats two hundred, and male goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying,.... In answer to his speech:

thy servants will do as my lord commandeth; both with respect to their march before the Lord to battle, and with respect to their provision for their children and flocks.


 
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