Numbers 21:29

Numbers 21:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites.

Context of Numbers 21:29

27This is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon! Rebuild it! Restore Sihon’s city! 28Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites. How horrible it is for you, Moab! You are destroyed, you people of the god Chemosh. Chemosh let his sons become refugees and he let his daughters become prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. 30But we shot the Amorites full of arrows. From Heshbon to Dibon they all died. We destroyed everyone and everything between Nophah and Medeba.” 31So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:29 word by word

אוֹי־לְךָ֣ מוֹאָ֔ב אָבַ֖דְתָּ עַם־כְּמ֑וֹשׁ נָתַ֨ן בָּנָ֤יו פְּלֵיטִם֙ וּבְנֹתָ֣יו בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אֱמֹרִ֖י סִיחֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• to thee, Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• thou art undoneאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• O peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemôsh kemîysh · ChemoshH3645
• he hath givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• that escapedפָּלֵיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• and his daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• into captivityשְׁבִיתshebûth shebîyth · captivityH7622
• unto Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567

Cross-references for Numbers 21:29

• Judges 11:24Shouldn’t you take possession of what your god Chemosh took for you? Shouldn’t we take everything the Lord our God took for us?
• 1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built an illegal worship site on the hill east of Jerusalem for Chemosh (the disgusting idol of Moab) and for Molech (the disgusting idol of the Ammonites).
• 2 Kings 23:13The king made the illegal places of worship east of Jerusalem unclean. They were on the southern part of the Hill of Destruction. King Solomon of Israel had built them for Astarte (the disgusting goddess of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the disgusting god of Moab), and Milcom (the disgusting god of the Ammonites).
• Jeremiah 48:7Since you trust the things you do and your treasures, you will be captured. Chemosh will go into captivity with all its priests and officials.
• 1 Corinthians 8:4Now about eating food that was offered to false gods: We know that the false gods in this world don’t really exist and that no god exists except the one God.

Commentaries on Numbers 21:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Chemosh - The national God of the Moabites (compare the marginal references). The name probably means “Vanquisher,” or “Master.” The worship of Chemosh was introduced into Israel by Solomon 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13. It was no doubt to Chemosh that Mesha, king of Moab, offered up his son as a burnt-offering 2 Kings 3:26-27. In the first six lines Numbers 21:27-28 the poet imagines for the Amorites a song of exultation for their victories over Moab, and…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. 29From the ancient point of view, even Moab’s supreme god Chemosh suffered defeat at the hands of the Amorite conquerors, while the people of Moab became refugees and captives.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 21:29

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

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Sihon
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Behold
• Chemosh
• Exodus
• Moabite
• 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