Numbers 10:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Moses said, "Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he said, Do not leave us, I pray you; for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you may be to us instead of eyes.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said,{H559} Leave{H5800} us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest{H3651} how we are to encamp{H2583} in the wilderness,{H4057} and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.{H5869}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Leave{H5800}{(H8799)} us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest{H3651}{H3045}{(H8804)} how we are to encamp{H2583}{(H8800)} in the wilderness{H4057}, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes{H5869}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Moses sayde oh nay leaue us not for thou knowest where is best for us to pitche in the wildernesse: and thou shalt be oure eyes

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He sayde: Oh nay, leaue vs not: for thou knowest where is best for vs to pytche in the wyldernesse, and thou shalt be oure eye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He said: Oh nay, leaue vs not, for thou knowest our mansions in the wyldernesse, and thou mayest be to vs in steade of eyes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he saith, `I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:15 : 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
  • 1 Cor 12:14-21 : 14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many. 15 If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the members, each one of them, in the body just as He desired. 19 If they were all one member, where would the body be? 20 But as it is, there are many members, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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