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

27Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. 28For a fire went forth from Heshbon, A flame from the town of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab, The dominant heights of the Arnon. Woe to you, O Moab! You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon. 30But we have cast them down, Heshbon is ruined as far as Dibon, Then we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.” 31Thus Israel lived 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

• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• to you, O Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• You are ruinedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• O peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemôsh kemîysh · ChemoshH3645
• He has givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• as fugitivesפָּלֵיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• And his daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• into captivityשְׁבִיתshebûth shebîyth · captivityH7622
• To an Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511

Cross-references for Numbers 21:29

• Judges 11:24Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.
• 1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.
• 2 Kings 23:13The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
• Jeremiah 48:7For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes.
• 1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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