Numbers 21:21

Wycliffe Bible

Forsothe Israel sente messangeris to Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, and seide,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el sent messengers to Sichon king of the Amori, saying,

King James Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, saying,

English Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Century Version
The Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

New English Translation
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites sent this message to King Sihon of the Amorites:

Complete Jewish Bible
(RY: iv, LY: vii) Isra'el sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message:

Darby Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites sent some men to King Sihon of the Amorites. The men said to the king,

George Lamsa Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say:

Christian Standard Bible®
Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites:

Literal Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siho the kynge of the Amorrites, & caused to saye vnto him:

American Standard Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.

English Revised Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

World English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:26-37">[xr] Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Living Translation
The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message:

New Life Bible
Then Israel sent men to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

New Revised Standard
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent Israel messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

THE MESSAGE
Israel sent emissaries to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, "Let us cross your land. We won't trespass into your fields or drink water in your vineyards. We'll keep to the main road, the King's Road, until we're through your land."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Contextual Overview

²¹ Forsothe Israel sente messangeris to Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, and seide, ²² Y biseche that it be leueful to me to passe thorou thi loond; we schulen not bowe in to the feeldis and vyneris; we schulen not drynke watris of pittis; we schulen go in the kyngis weie, til we passen thi termes. ²³ Which nolde graunte that Israel schulde passe thury hise coostis, but rather, whanne the oost was gaderid, he yede out ayens Israel, in to deseert. And he cam in to Yasa, and fauyt ayens Israel; ²⁴ of whom he was smytun in the scharpnesse of swerd, and his lond was weldid fro Arnon `til to Jeboth and `the sones of Amon; for the termes of Amonytis weren holdun bi strong help. ²⁵ Therfor Israel took alle `the citees of hym, and dwelliden in the citees of Amorrei, that is, in Esebon, and hise townes. <sup>26</sup> The citee of Esebon was Seons, kyng of Ammorei, which Seon fauyt ayens the kyng of Moab, and took al the lond that was of his lordschip, `til to Arnon. ²⁷ Therfor it is seid in prouerbe, Come ye in to Esebon, be it bildid, and maad the citee of Seon; ²⁸ fier yede out of Esebon, flawme yede out of the citee `ethir greet castel of Seon, and deuouryde Ar of Moabitis, and the dwelleris of the `hiye places of Arnon. ²⁹ Moab, wo to thee! thou, puple of Chamos, perischidist; it yaf the sones therof in to fliyt, and the douytris in to caitifte to Seon, kyng of Ammoreis; ³⁰ the yok of hem perischide, fro Esebon `til to Dibon; the wery men camen in to Jophe, and `til to Medaba.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 20:14-19, Deuteronomy 2:26-28, Judges 11:19-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:13 - Amorite Deuteronomy 1:4 - General Deuteronomy 2:12 - as Israel did Deuteronomy 2:27 - General Deuteronomy 4:46 - Moses Deuteronomy 29:7 - General Joshua 2:10 - what ye did Joshua 24:8 - General Judges 10:11 - Amorites Judges 11:12 - sent messengers 1 Kings 4:19 - the country of Sihon 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite Nehemiah 9:22 - Sihon Psalms 68:14 - When Psalms 135:11 - Sihon Psalms 136:19 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childide to him, Ysaac.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcidide hym in the eiyte dai, as God comaundide to him,

Genesis 21:34
and he was an erthetiliere ether a comelynge of the lond of Palestynes in many dayes.

Numbers 10:12
And the sones of Israel yeden forth bi her cumpenyes fro deseert of Synay; and the cloude restide in the wildirnesse of Faran.

Numbers 12:16
And the puple yede forth fro Asseroth, whanne the tentis weren set in the deseert of Pharan.

Numbers 13:3
Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide, and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.

Numbers 13:26
and to al the cumpany of the sones of Israel, in to the deseert of Pharan which is in Cades. And `the aspieris spaken to hem, and schewiden the fruytis of the lond to al the multitude, and telden,

Judges 14:2
and he stiede, and telde to his fadir and `to his modir, and seide, Y siy a womman in Thannatha of the `douytris of Filistees, and Y biseche, that ye take hir a wijf to me.

1 Samuel 25:1
Forsothe Samuel was deed; and al Israel was gaderid to gidere, and thei biweiliden hym greetly, and birieden hym in his hows in Ramatha. And Dauid roos, and yede doun in to deseert of Faran.

1 Corinthians 7:38
Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,.... Who were one of the nations of the Canaanites, and a principal and powerful one, and who were devoted to destruction, and their land designed for the people of Israel; see Genesis 15:16, at this time Sihon was their king, to whom Moses, in the name of Israel, sent a very peaceable message from the wilderness of Kedemoth, which lay near his country, Deuteronomy 2:26:

saying; as follows.