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Myles Coverdale Bible

Numbers 32:4

which the LORDE smote before ye congregacion of Israel, is a mete londe for catell, and thy seruauntes haue many catell.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Baal-Meon;   Cattle;   Gad;   Gilead;   Haste;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Petition;   Uncharitableness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Ox, the;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Gad;   Heshbon;   Manasseh, tribe of;   Reuben;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Land (of Israel);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   Gad;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Jaazer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Israel;   Leopard;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baal-zephon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Yisra'el, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.
King James Version
Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
Lexham English Bible
the land that Yahweh struck before the community of Israel, is a land of livestock, and your servants have livestock."
English Standard Version
the land that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
New English Translation
the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle."
Amplified Bible
the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land [suitable] for livestock, and your servants have [very large herds of] livestock."
New American Standard Bible
the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell:
Legacy Standard Bible
the land, which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
Complete Jewish Bible
the country that Adonai conquered before the community of Isra'el, is livestock country; and your servants have livestock.
Darby Translation
the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle;
George Lamsa Translation
The land which the LORD smote before the children of Israel is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle;
Christian Standard Bible®
which the Lord struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”
Literal Translation
the land which Jehovah has struck before the congregation of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.
American Standard Version
the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.
Bible in Basic English
The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which countrey the Lorde smote before the congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and we thy seruauntes haue cattell.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'
King James Version (1611)
Euen the countrey which the Lord smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a land for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and thy servants have cattle.
English Revised Version
the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.
Berean Standard Bible
which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock-and your servants have livestock."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Nebo, and Beon, the lond which the Lord smoot in the siyt of the sones of Israel, is of moost plenteuous cuntrey to the pasture of beestis; and we thi seruauntis han ful many beestis;
Young's Literal Translation
the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'
Update Bible Version
the land which Yahweh smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your slaves have cattle.
Webster's Bible Translation
[Even] the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, [is] a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
World English Bible
the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.
New King James Version
the country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
New Living Translation
The Lord has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel, and it is ideally suited for all our livestock.
New Life Bible
the land which the Lord won in battle in front of the people of Israel, is a land for cattle and your servants have cattle."
New Revised Standard
the land that the Lord subdued before the congregation of Israel—is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the land which Yahweh smote before the assembly of Israel, a land for cattle, it is, - and, thy servants, have cattle.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:
Revised Standard Version
the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

Contextual Overview

1 The children of Ruben and the children of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell, and sawe the londe of Iaeser and Gilead yt it was a mete place for catell, 2 and came & spake vnto Moses and to Eleasar the prest, and to the captaynes of the congregacion: 3 The londe of Atroth, Dibon, Iaesar, Nimra, He?bo, Eleale, Seban, Nebo, & Beon, 4 which the LORDE smote before ye congregacion of Israel, is a mete londe for catell, and thy seruauntes haue many catell. 5 And they sayde morouer: Yf we haue founde fauoure before the, the geue thy seruauntes this londe in possession, and we wyl not go ouer Iordane. 6 Moses sayde vnto them: Youre brethren shall go to the warre, and wyll ye tary here? 7 Wherfore turne ye ye hertes of the children of Israel, that they shulde not go ouer in to the londe that the LORDE shall geue them? 8 Thus dyd youre fathers also, whan I sent them out from Cades Bernea, to spye out ye londe. 9 And whan they were come vp to ye ryuer of Escol, and sawe ye londe, they turned the hertes of the children of Israel, so yt they wolde not into the londe which ye LORDE wolde haue geuen them. 10 And the LORDE was wroth at the same tyme, & sware, & sayde:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 21:24, Numbers 21:34, Deuteronomy 2:24-35

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 13:15 - God smote Isaiah 15:4 - Heshbon

Cross-References

Genesis 4:7
but and yf thou do euell, thy synne lyeth open in the dore? Shal he then be subdued vnto the? and wilt thou rule him?
Genesis 23:6
O heare lorde, thou art a prynce of God amonge vs: bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres, there shall none of vs forbyd ye, that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre.
Genesis 27:29
Nacions be thy seruauntes, and people fall downe at yi fote. Be thou lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children fall downe at thy fote. Cursed be he, that curseth the: and blessed be he, that blesseth the.
Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered, and sayde vnto him: I haue made him lorde ouer ye, and all his brethren haue I made his seruautes. With corne & wine haue I prouyded him. What shal I do vnto the now my sonne?
Genesis 32:5
& haue oxen & Asses, shepe, seruauntes & maydes, & haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde, yt I might fynde fauoure in thy sight.
Genesis 32:18
Thou shalt saye: They be thy seruaunt Iacobs, which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau, and commeth behynde vs him self.
Genesis 33:8
And he sayde: What meanest thou wt all the droue that I met? He answered: that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde,
Exodus 32:22
Aaron sayde: Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce: thou knowest, that this is a wicked people.
1 Samuel 26:17
Then knewe Saul the voyce of Dauid, and saide: Is not that thy voyce my sonne Dauid? Dauid sayde: It is my voyce my lorde the kynge.
1 Kings 20:32
And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes, and halters aboute their neckes, and came to the kynge of Israel, and sayde: Benadab thy seruaunt sayeth vnto the: O let my soule lyue. He sayde: yf he be yet alyue, he is my brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even the county which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel,.... In which the above cities were, and perhaps some others not named: this was now in the hands of the people of Israel, being subdued by them, the conquest of which is ascribed unto the Lord, for the victory was of him; it was he that smote their enemies; and delivered their country into their hands; and now Moses, Eleazar, and the princes of the congregation, being the representatives of the people, had a right to dispose of it, and, which these two tribes request might be given to them, because, say they:

it is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle; to stock it, with and great numbers of them; see Numbers 32:1


 
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