Numbers 32:5 · World English Bible

They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
Numbers 32:5 in the World English Bible reads: “They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.””. Read it in the full context of Numbers 32, or compare how other translations render it below.

Numbers 32:5 in Other Translations

KJV Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
WEB They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
ASV And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.
YLT And they say, ‘If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.’
WBT Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan.
DBY and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.

Commentary on Numbers 32:5

Expositions from classic Bible commentators.

John Gill · Numbers 32:5

And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben,.... Being displeased with their motion, as his following discourse shows, it having at first sight an appearance of covetousness and cowardice:

shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? it is not reasonable that your brethren should be left by you and engage in a war with your common enemies, to dispossess them of their land before they can settle in it and you remain here easy and quiet in the possession of a fruitful country.

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Questions about Numbers 32:5

What does Numbers 32:5 say?

Numbers 32:5 in the World English Bible reads: “They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”” Read it in the full context of Numbers 32, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Numbers 32:5 found in the Bible?

Numbers 32:5 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 32, verse 5, in the Old Testament.

What Bible translation is Numbers 32:5 shown in?

This is the World English Bible (WEB), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 32:5 in the table on this page.

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