Numbers 32:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

But we ourselves will go ready and armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But we oure selues will go ready armed before ye childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place. And oure childre shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    As for oure selues, we will go ready armed before the children of Israel, tyll we haue broughte them vnto their place: Oure childre shal remayne in the fenced cities, because of ye indwellers of the londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But we our selues will be readie armed to go before the children of Israel, vntill we haue brought them vnto their place: but our childre shall dwell in the defenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the lande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But we our selues wyl go redy armed before the children of Israel, vntyll we haue brought them vnto their place: And our children shall dwell in the fensed cities, because of the inhabiters of the lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and we -- we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 4:12-13 : 12 And the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them: 13 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for battle.
  • Num 32:29-32 : 29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed for battle, before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours.
  • Deut 3:18-20 : 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess; all you who are able shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel. 19 But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (for I know that you have much livestock), shall remain in your cities which I have given you; 20 Until the LORD gives rest to your brethren, as He has to you, and they also possess the land the LORD your God has given them beyond the Jordan; then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 32:16
    86%

    16And they came near to him and said, We will build sheep pens here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

  • Num 32:18-21
    4 verses
    84%

    18We will not return to our houses until every man among the children of Israel has received his inheritance.

    19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan or beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.

    20And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the LORD to war,

    21And will all of you go armed over the Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

  • Num 32:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the cities of Gilead.

    27But your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.

  • Num 32:29-32
    4 verses
    80%

    29And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed for battle, before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.

    30But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do.

    32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours.

  • Num 14:3
    75%

    3Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Deut 1:39
    75%

    39Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Num 32:24
    74%

    24Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep; and do what you have said.

  • Josh 1:14
    74%

    14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them,

  • Deut 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess; all you who are able shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel.

    19But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (for I know that you have much livestock), shall remain in your cities which I have given you;

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach the city, and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

    6(For they will come out after us) until we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; therefore we will flee before them.

  • Exod 10:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD.

    10And he said to them, The LORD be with you, if I let you go, and your little ones; look to it, for evil is before you.

  • Deut 1:28
    73%

    28Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

  • Jer 42:14
    72%

    14Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

  • Josh 22:24
    72%

    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Num 14:31
    72%

    31But your little ones, which you said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

  • Deut 29:11
    72%

    11Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water:

  • 1 Sam 14:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

    10But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us."

  • Deut 2:34-36
    3 verses
    72%

    34And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

    35Only the cattle we took for ourselves as spoil, and the plunder of the cities which we took.

    36From Aroer by the edge of the river Arnon, and from the city by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all unto us.

  • Gen 43:8
    72%

    8And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, you, and also our little ones.

  • Num 13:28
    71%

    28Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

  • Deut 1:22
    71%

    22And every one of you came near to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and they shall search out the land for us, and bring us back word of the way we must go up and of the cities we will come to.

  • Deut 2:29
    71%

    29(as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    71%

    16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  • Num 13:19
    71%

    19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they dwell in, whether in tent camps or fortified cities;

  • Num 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

  • Num 20:17
    71%

    17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."

  • Deut 3:7
    71%

    7But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities, we took as plunder for ourselves.

  • Josh 4:12
    71%

    12And the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them:

  • Judg 20:32
    70%

    32And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways.

  • Num 13:31
    70%

    31But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

  • Deut 29:16
    70%

    16(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

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    70%

    52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies.

  • Ezek 38:11
    70%

    11And you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

  • Deut 3:5
    70%

    5All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.