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

28Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites. 29How 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. But 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. 32After Moses sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its cities and villages and forced out 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 49:23Archers provoked him, shot at him, and attacked him.
• 2 Samuel 11:24The archers on the wall shot down at your mercenaries, and some of Your Majesty’s mercenaries died. Your man Uriah the Hittite also is dead.”
• Psalms 18:14He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.
• Numbers 32:34The tribe of Gad rebuilt the cities of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• Joshua 13:17It included Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
• Isaiah 15:2The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.
• Jeremiah 48:18“People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground. The destroyers of Moab will attack you. They will destroy your fortresses.

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