Numbers 21:27

Numbers 21:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
• New International Version (NIV)That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore those who speak in proverbs say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; Let the city of Sihon be repaired.

Context of Numbers 21:27

25They got power over all the cities of the Amorites. Those cities included Heshbon and the towns round it. 26Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had fought against the king of Moab. He took from the king of Moab the land as far as the River Arnon. So the people who write songs wrote this: ‘Come to Heshbon and build it up again. Build the city of Sihon again. 28An army that was like a fire went out from Heshbon. It was like a flame that went out from Sihon's city. It destroyed Ar in Moab, and everything on the hills near the River Arnon. 29It will be very bad for you, people of Moab. Sihon has killed you people who worship the god Chemosh. Your god has let the king of the Amorites put you in prison.

Numbers 21:27 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֹאמְר֥וּ הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים בֹּ֣אוּ חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן תִּבָּנֶ֥ה וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן עִ֥יר סִיחֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore they that speak in proverbsמָשַׁלmâshal · to use a proverbH4911
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• let the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511
• be builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• and preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: makeH3559

Cross-references for Numbers 21:27

• Numbers 21:14You can read about this in the Book of the Lord's Wars. It talks about Waheb in Suphah and about the valleys of the River Arnon.
• Isaiah 14:4Then you will laugh at the king of Babylon. You will say to him, ‘Now you cannot be cruel to us any more! Your power to cause trouble has finished!
• Habakkuk 2:6But one day, their prisoners will laugh at them. The people will insult that proud nation with songs and proverbs. They will say, “You have stored for yourselves many valuable things that do not belong to you. It will be very bad for you! You have robbed other nations so that you can be rich. This will not continue much longer!”

Commentaries on Numbers 21:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27They that speak in proverbs - המשלים hammoshelim, from משל mashal, to rule, to exercise authority; hence a weighty proverbial saying, because admitted as an axiom for the government of life. The moshelim of the ancient Asiatics were the same, in all probability, as the Poetae among the Greeks and Latins, the shaara among the Arabs, who were esteemed as Divine persons, and who had their name from shaara, he knew, understood; whose poems celebrated past…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27They that speak in proverbs - The original word is almost equivalent to “the poets.” The word supplies the title of the Book of Proverbs itself; and is used of the parable proper in Ezekiel 17:2; of the prophecies of Balsam in Numbers 23:7-10; Numbers 24:3-9; etc.; and of a song of triumph over Babylon in Isaiah 14:4.Read the comment
• 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. 27-30This ancient song may have been an old Amorite ballad about the victories of King Sihon. It may have celebrated his power and success. Other interpreters believe that Israelite singers wrote the song later. In this view, it was a taunt song meant to mock Sihon’s defeat and celebrate Israel’s victory. The flow of the story from Numbers 21:26 to 21:27 supports the first view. Israel may have taken an older Amorite song and applied it to their own 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 21:27

• Amorites
• Ar
• Heshbon
• Israel
• Sihon
• Song

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Sihon
• Behold
• Exodus
• Moabite
• Spy
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Amorites
• Bible, the
• Dark Sayings

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