Numbers 32:5

The NET Bible®

So they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Yarden.

King James Version
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

Lexham English Bible
They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as property; do not lead us across the Jordan."

English Standard Version
And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan."

New Century Version
If it pleases you, we would like this land to be given to us. Don't make us cross the Jordan River."

Amplified Bible
They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan [River]."

New American Standard Bible
And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as our property; do not take us across the Jordan."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore, said they, if we haue foud grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, & bring vs not ouer Iorde.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."

Contemporary English Version
would you let us stay here east of the Jordan River and have this land as our own?"

Complete Jewish Bible
If you regard us favorably," they went on, "let this land be given to your servants as their possession; and don't have us cross the Yarden."

Darby Translation
and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.

Easy-to-Read Version
If it pleases you, we would like this land to be given to us. Don't take us to the other side of the Jordan River."

George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore, they said, if we have found mercy in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and bring us not across the Jordan.

Good News Translation
Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the Jordan River and settle there."

Christian Standard Bible®
They said, “If we have found favor with you, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”

Literal Translation
And they said, If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not make us pass over the Jordan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.

American Standard Version
And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.

Bible in Basic English
And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore said they: If we haue found grace in thy sight, let this lande be geue vnto thy seruauntes to possesse, & bryng vs not ouer Iordane.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.'

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore, said they, if wee haue found grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, and bring vs not ouer Iordane.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

English Revised Version
And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over Jordan.

Berean Standard Bible
"If we have found favor in your sight," they said, "let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and we preyen, if we han founde grace bifor thee, that thou yyue to vs thi seruauntis that cuntrey in to possessioun, and make not vs to passe Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
And they say, `If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.'

Update Bible Version
And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your slaves for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan.

World English Bible
They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan.

New King James Version
Therefore they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan."

New Living Translation
If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River."

New Life Bible
And they said, "If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as our own. Do not take us to the other side of the Jordan."

New Revised Standard
They continued, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not make us cross the Jordan."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they said - If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land he given unto thy servants, for a possession, - do not take us over the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight, that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and make us not pass over the Jordan.

Revised Standard Version
And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."

THE MESSAGE
They continued, "If you think we've done a good job so far, give us this country for our inheritance. Don't make us go across the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle, ² the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said, ³ "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle." ⁵ So they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River." ⁶ Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Must your brothers go to war while you remain here? ⁷ Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them? ⁸ Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. ⁹ When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them. ¹⁰ So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if we have: Genesis 19:19, Ruth 2:10, 1 Samuel 20:3, 2 Samuel 14:22, Esther 5:2, Jeremiah 31:2

bring us: Deuteronomy 1:37, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 3:26, Joshua 7:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 26:54 - many Deuteronomy 1:1 - on this

Cross-References

Genesis 31:16
Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you."

Genesis 33:8
Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."

Genesis 33:11
Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need." When Jacob urged him, he took it.

Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Let me leave some of my men with you." "Why do that?" Jacob replied. "My lord has already been kind enough to me."

Genesis 47:25
They replied, "You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

Ruth 2:2
One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so." Naomi replied, "You may go, my daughter."

1 Samuel 1:18
She said, "May I, your servant, find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.

2 Samuel 16:4
The king said to Ziba, "Everything that was Mephibosheth's now belongs to you." Ziba replied, "I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king."

Job 6:22
"Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight,.... Directing their speech to Moses, the ruler of the congregation, in a very modest, decent, and respectable manner:

let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; as their own portion and inheritance, to be enjoyed by them, and their children after them:

and bring us not over Jordan; into the land of Canaan, where as they after explain themselves, they did not desire to have any part with their brethren, but should be content with their possession here, should it be granted them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 32:5. Let this land be given unto thy servants — Because it was good for pasturage, and they had many flocks, Numbers 32:1.