Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Numbers 21:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, *Come to Cheshbon. Let the city of Sichon be built and established; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is why those who sing ballads say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: Common English Bible Therefore, the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon. Let the city of Sehon be built and set up. |
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
that you will take up this parable against the king of Bavel, and say, *How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!*
Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'
Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD, *Vahev in Sufah, the valleys of the Arnon,
For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Amori, who had fought against the former king of Mo'av, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
for a fire has gone out of Cheshbon, a flame from the city of Sichon. It has devoured `Ar of Mo'av, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.