2Then Israel made this vow to the Lord : "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities."


In Context

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them.

2 Then Israel made this vow to the Lord : "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities."

3 The Lord listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;

Numbers 21:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:2But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, |If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, 'If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.