Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
WEB
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
YLT
therefore those using similes say--`Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
DBT
Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
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