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Revised Standard Version

Numbers 32:4

the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle."

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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which the LORDE smote before ye congregacion of Israel, is a mete londe for catell, and thy seruauntes haue many catell.
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:
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 Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle. 2 So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Elea'zar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, 3 "At'aroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elea'leh, Sebam, Nebo, and Be'on, 4 the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle." 5 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." 6 But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brethren go to the war while you sit here? 7 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Ka'desh-bar'nea to see the land. 9 For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land which the LORD had given them. 10 And the LORD's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,

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
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Genesis 23:6
"Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead."
Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"
Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"
Genesis 32:5
and I have oxen, asses, flocks, menservants, and maidservants; and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.'"
Genesis 32:18
then you shall say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob; they are a present sent to my lord Esau; and moreover he is behind us.'"
Genesis 33:8
Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
Exodus 32:22
And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.
1 Samuel 26:17
Saul recognized David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."
1 Kings 20:32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-ha'dad says, 'Pray, let me live.'" And he said, "Does he still live? 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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