Judges 11:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then they went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ “Later they journeyed into the desert but went around the lands of Edom and Moab, arriving on the east side of the land of Moab and setting up camp on the other side of the Arnon. They never entered Moabite territory, because the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ and he circled around the side of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. And he arrived opposite the eastern region of the land of Moab. And he made camp across the Arnon. But he was not willing to enter the borders of Moab. (Of course, Arnon is the border of the land of Moab.)

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east coast of the land of Moab: and camped on the other side of the Arnon. And he would not enter the bounds of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of the lands of Moab.

Judges 11:18 Cross References

Numbers 20:22

They set out from Kadesh, and the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

Numbers 22:36

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at Ir-moab, on the boundary formed by the Arnon, at the farthest point of the boundary.

Deuteronomy 2:18

‘Today you are going to cross the boundary of Moab at Ar.

Deuteronomy 2:24

‘Proceed on your journey and cross the Wadi Arnon. See, I have handed over to you King Sihon the Amorite of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession by engaging him in battle.

Deuteronomy 2:9

the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or engage them in battle, for I will not give you any of its land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.’