the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Numbers 21:27
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Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sichon be built and established:
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Thus the ones who quote proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! And let the city of Sihon be established.
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
That is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon and rebuild it; rebuild Sihon's city.
That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!
That is why those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established.
For that reason those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.
Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired:
Therefore those who use proverbs say,"Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!So let the city of Sihon be established.
That's why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon: Come and rebuild Heshbon, King Sihon's capital city!
This is why the storytellers say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be rebuilt! Let Sichon's city be restored!
Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
That is why the singers sing this song: "Go in and rebuild Heshbon! Make Sihon's city strong.
Wherefore they say in the proverbs. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored.
Therefore the poets say:
On account of this the parable speakers say, Come to Heshbon! Let the city of Sihon be built and established!
Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe: Come vnto He?bon, let vs buylde and prepare ye cite of Sihon.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:
Wherfore they that speake in prouerbes, say: Come to Hesbon, and let the citie of Sehon be built and repayred.
Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!
Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come into Heshbon: let the citie of Sihon bee built and prepared.
Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
That is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
Therfor it is seid in prouerbe, Come ye in to Esebon, be it bildid, and maad the citee of Seon;
therefore those using similes say -- `Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
Therefore those that speak in proverbs say, You come to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared.
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say: "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him: "Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored.
So those who use wise sayings say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be built.
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
For this cause, say the poets - Enter ye Heshbon, - Built and prepared be the city of Sihon;
Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built, let the city of Sihon be established.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Numbers 21:14, Isaiah 14:4, Habakkuk 2:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:37 - Heshbon Judges 11:15 - Israel took Psalms 44:1 - in the times Jeremiah 48:4 - Moab
Cross-References
Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do;
now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned."
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
"So now come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me."
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.
A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say,.... The historical writers of those times, among the Amorites, who were usually poets, and wrote the history of the wars between the Moabites and Amorites in verse; as Homer among the Greeks wrote the wars of Troy; and the compositions of those ancient bards were short and compendious, and wrapped up in proverbial sayings, and enigmatical and figurative expressions, that they might be the better retained in memory, and therefore were called proverbialists. Jarchi says, they were Balaam and Beor that took up their parables, and said,
come into Heshbon; which words are the beginning of the song, and in which the Amorites are represented as inviting Sihon, and his nobles, to enter Heshbon, which he had taken, and make it his royal seat; or as encouraging one another to go into it and repair it, having suffered much at the taking of it, which seems to be confirmed by what follows:
let the city of Sihon be built and prepared; that is, let us set about rebuilding of the city, and let us fit it up for Sihon our king, and let it be called his city, and made the place of his residence, his palace, and where his court may be kept.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They that speak in proverbs - The original word is almost equivalent to “the poets.” The word supplies the title of the Book of Proverbs itself; and is used of the parable proper in Ezekiel 17:2; of the prophecies of Balsam in Numbers 23:7-10; Numbers 24:3-9; etc.; and of a song of triumph over Babylon in Isaiah 14:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 21:27. They that speak in proverbs — המשלים hammoshelim, from משל mashal, to rule, to exercise authority; hence a weighty proverbial saying, because admitted as an axiom for the government of life. The moshelim of the ancient Asiatics were the same, in all probability, as the Poetae among the Greeks and Latins, the [Arabic] shaara among the Arabs, who were esteemed as Divine persons, and who had their name from [Arabic] shaara, he knew, understood; whose poems celebrated past transactions, and especially those which concerned the military history of their nation. These poets were also termed [Arabic] sahebi deewan, companions or lords of the council of state, because their weighty sayings and universal knowledge were held in the highest repute. Similar to these were the bards among the ancient Druids, and the Sennachies among the ancient Celtic inhabitants of these nations.
The ode from the Numbers 21:27-30; Numbers 21:27-30Numbers 21:27-30; Numbers 21:27-30 verse is composed of three parts. The first takes in verses Numbers 21:27 and Numbers 21:27; the second verse Numbers 21:29; and the third verse Numbers 21:30.
The first records with bitter irony the late insults of Sihon and his subjects over the conquered Moabites.
The second expresses the compassion of the Israelites over the desolations of Moab, with a bitter sarcasm against their god Chemosh, who had abandoned his votaries in their distress, or was not able to rescue them out of the hands of their enemies.
The third sets forth the revenge taken by Israel upon the whole country of Sihon, from Heshbon to Dibon, and from Nophah even to Medeba. See Isaiah 15:1-2.
The whole poem, divided into its proper hemistichs, as it stands in Kennicott's Hebrew Bible, is as follows: -
VERSE Numbers 21:27. PART I
Come ye to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;
The city of Sihon, let it be established.
VERSE Numbers 21:28
For from Heshbon the fire went out,
And a flame from the city of Sihon:
It hath consumed the city of Moab,
With the lords of the heights of Arnon.
VERSE Numbers 21:29. PART II
Alas for thee, O Moab!
Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh!
He hath given up his fugitive sons
And his daughters into captivity,
To the king of the Amorites, Sihon.
VERSE Numbers 21:30. PART III
But on them have WE lifted destruction,
From Heshbon even to Dibon;
We have destroyed even to Nophah,
The fire did reach to Medebah.
See Kennicott's Remarks.
