And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.
WEB
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
YLT
And Edom saith unto him, `Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.'
DBT
But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC