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,
Numbers 21:27 - King James Version - American Edition Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 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 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,
that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
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.
for there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.