27Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, |Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;


In Context

24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

25 Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.

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 the Arnon.

27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, |Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

29 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.

Numbers 21:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:27That is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon's city be restored.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27therefore those using similes say — 'Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Why they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: