Numbers 21:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ That is why those who sing ballads say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁷ Therefore, the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ About this, it is said in the proverb: "Enter into Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be established and built.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Numbers 21:27 Cross References

Nehemiah 7:1

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Isaiah 14:4

that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

Numbers 21:14

Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of Arnon,

Numbers 21:26

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 unto Arnon.

Numbers 21:28

For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of Arnon.