KJV King James Version
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 32:6
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
WEB World English Bible
Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses saith to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, ‘Do your brethren go in to the battle, and ye—do ye sit here?
Surrounding context — Numbers 32
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 [Even] the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, [is] a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesלִבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childגָ֖דH1410 · gadGadוְלִבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childרְאוּבֵ֑ןH7205 · re.u.venReubenהַאַֽחֵיכֶ֗םH251 · achbrother: male-siblingיָבֹ֙אוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeלַמִּלְחָמָ֔הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוְאַתֶּ֖םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)תֵּ֥שְׁבוּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellפֹֽה׃H6311 · pohhere
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 13:5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;Philippians 2:4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.2 Samuel 11:11And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
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