16And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;


In Context

13 and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

14 And lo, ye have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of men — sinners, to add yet to the fury of the anger of Jehovah toward Israel;

15 when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.'

16 And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;

17 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;

18 we do not turn back unto our houses till the sons of Israel have inherited each his inheritance,

Numbers 32:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:16Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:16But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children :

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:16And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:16And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:16They came near to him, and said, |We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:16And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: