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

25So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages. 26Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River. Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored. 28A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights. 29What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.

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 21:14For this reason The Book of the Wars of the Lord speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,
• Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
• Habakkuk 2:6“But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying, ‘What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You’ve become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?’

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