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.”
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba.”

Context of Numbers 21:30

28For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon. 29Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon. So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba." 31Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured 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 archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,
• 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 dead also."
• Psalms 18:14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
• Numbers 32:34And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• Joshua 13:17with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
• Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
• Jeremiah 48:18"Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up 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