Numbers 21:27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:In other versions
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
ASV
So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:
BBE
Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
DBY
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
WEB
therefore those using similes say -- `Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
YLT
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
ENG
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared.
WBT
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
BSB
In context
25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Sihon