Numbers 21:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Woe 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H188} to thee, Moab!{H4124} Thou art undone,{H6} O people{H5971} of Chemosh:{H3645} He hath given{H5414} his sons{H1121} as fugitives,{H6412} And his daughters{H1323} into captivity,{H7622} Unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites.{H567}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H188} to thee, Moab{H4124}! thou art undone{H6}{(H8804)}, O people{H5971} of Chemosh{H3645}: he hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} his sons{H1121} that escaped{H6412}, and his daughters{H1323}, into captivity{H7622} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites{H567}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Wo be to the Moab: o people of Chemos ye are forloren. His sonnes are put to flighte and his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon kinge of the Amorites.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wo vnto the Moab, thou people of Camos art vndone. His sonnes are put to flighte, & his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wo be to thee, Moab: O people of Chemosh, thou art vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, and his daughters to be in captiuitie to Sihon the king of the Amorites.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wo to thee Moab, O people of Chamos ye are vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, & his daughters to be in captiuitie vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amorites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Woe 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh: He has given his sons as fugitives, His daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wo to thee, O Moab, Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, He hath given his sons who escape -- Also his daughters -- Into captivity, to a king of the Amorite -- Sihon!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Sorrow is yours, O Moab! Destruction is your fate, O people of Chemosh: his sons have gone in flight, and his daughters are prisoners, in the hands of Sihon, king of the Amorites.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 11:24 : 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
  • 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.
  • Jer 48:46 : 46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive.
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 Because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken; and Chemosh shall go into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
  • 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
  • Isa 15:5 : 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
  • Isa 16:2 : 2 For it shall be, that as a wandering bird cast out from the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
  • Jer 48:13 : 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
  • 1 Cor 8:4-5 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For though there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 48:45-47
    3 verses
    90%

    45 Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force; but a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

    46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive.

    47 Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

  • Num 21:30
    79%

    30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.

  • Num 21:28
    76%

    28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

  • Jer 48:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1 Against Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is ruined; Kiriathaim is confounded and captured; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

    2 There shall be no more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against it: 'Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.' You too shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you.

    3 A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.

    4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry.

    5 For on the ascent of Luhith they will go up with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

  • Jer 48:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

    21 Judgment has come upon the plain country: upon Holon, Jahazah, and Mephaath,

  • Jer 48:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens quickly.

  • Num 21:26
    75%

    26 For 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 to Arnon.

  • Jer 48:41-43
    3 verses
    74%

    41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab in that day shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

    42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.

    43 Fear, the pit, and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD.

  • Zeph 2:9
    74%

    9 Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

  • Isa 16:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.

    8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the nations have broken down the principal plants of it, they have come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they have gone over the sea.

  • Isa 16:2
    72%

    2 For it shall be, that as a wandering bird cast out from the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

  • Jer 48:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7 Because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken; and Chemosh shall go into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

    8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

    9 Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

  • Jer 48:18
    72%

    18 You daughter who inhabits Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon you, and he shall destroy your strongholds.

  • Jer 49:3
    72%

    3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed: cry out, you daughters of Rabbah, clothe yourselves with sackcloth; mourn, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king will go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

  • Isa 15:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz; therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.

    5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  • Jer 48:39
    71%

    39 They shall howl, saying, 'How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all those around him.

  • Num 22:3
    71%

    3 And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • Jer 48:13
    71%

    13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

  • Isa 15:1
    71%

    1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.

  • Amos 2:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

    2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

  • Jer 48:34
    70%

    34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh and to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old; for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

  • Jer 48:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24 And upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD.

  • Josh 13:10
    70%

    10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;

  • Jer 25:21
    70%

    21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • 2 Kgs 3:23
    70%

    23 And they said, "This is blood; the kings are surely slain, and they have struck one another. Now, Moab, to the spoil!"

  • Isa 15:8
    70%

    8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beerelim.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
    70%

    23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

  • Ezek 25:9
    70%

    9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

  • Deut 31:4
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    4 And the LORD shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to the land of them, whom he destroyed.

  • Deut 2:9
    69%

    9 And the LORD said unto me, Do not distress the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18
    69%

    18 And this is but a trivial thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

  • Judg 3:29
    69%

    29 And they killed of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and not a man escaped.