Numbers 21:30

Numbers 21:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
• New International Version (NIV)“But we have overthrown them; Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But we have shot at them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. Then we laid waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”

Context of Numbers 21:30

28For fire has gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab And the lords of the heights of the Arnon. 29Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle], And his daughters into captivity To Sihon king of the Amorites. We have shot them down [with arrows]; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon, And we have laid them waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.” 31Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. 32Now Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they overthrew its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 21:30 word by word

וַנִּירָ֛ם אָבַ֥ד חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן עַד־דִּיב֑וֹן וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים עַד־נֹ֔פַח אֲשֶׁ֖רׄ עַד־מֵֽידְבָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• We have shotיָרָאyârâh yârâ' · to shootH3384
• at them; Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• is perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• even unto Dibonדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹןdîybôn dîybôn · DibonH1769
• and we have laid them wasteשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• even unto Nophahנֹ֫פַחnôphach · NophahH5302
• unto Medebaמֵידְבָאmêydebâ' · MedebaH4311

Cross-references for Numbers 21:30

• Genesis 49:23The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him; They have shot [at him] and harassed him.
• 2 Samuel 11:24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
• Psalms 18:14He sent out His arrows and scattered them; And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].
• Numbers 32:34The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• Joshua 13:17with Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,
• Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
• Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory, O Daughter living in Dibon, And sit on the parched ground [among the thirsty]! For the destroyer of Moab has advanced against you; He has destroyed your strongholds.

Commentaries on Numbers 21:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-35Verses 21-35 Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30The area described here is the one Israel had just conquered (21:24). The song celebrating Sihon is a fitting tribute to Israel's victory.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs--Here is given an extract from an Amorite song exultingly anticipating an extension of their conquests to Arnon. The quotation from the poem of the Amorite bard ends at Nu 21:28. The two following verses appear to be the strains in which the Israelites expose the impotence of the usurpers.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 21:30

• Amorites
• Ar
• Dibon
• Heshbon
• Israel
• Medeba
• Nophah
• Sihon
• Song

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Behold
• Dibon
• Exodus
• Medeba
• Moabite
• Nophah
• Sihon
• Spy
• Ammon; Ammonites

Commentaries on Numbers 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings