Numbers 33:52 · Young's Literal Translation

then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,
Numbers 33:52 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,”. Read it in the full context of Numbers 33, or compare how other translations render it below.

Numbers 33:52 in Other Translations

KJV Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
WEB then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
ASV then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
YLT then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,
WBT Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite demolish all their high places:
DBY then ye shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and ye shall destroy all their figured images, and all their molten images shall ye destroy, and all their high places shall ye lay waste;

Commentary on Numbers 33:52

Expositions from classic Bible commentators.

John Gill · Numbers 33:48

Moreover, it shall come to pass,.... This being the case, they suffering the Canaanites to dwell among them, and they mingling with them, learning their works, and serving their gods: that

I shall do unto you as I thought I should do unto them; deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, who should carry them captive into other lands.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 33:50–53

ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you--not, however, by expulsion, but extermination (Deu 7:1).

and destroy all their pictures--obelisks for idolatrous worship (see on Lev 26:1).

and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places--by metonymy for all their groves and altars, and materials of worship on the tops of hills.

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Questions about Numbers 33:52

What does Numbers 33:52 say?

Numbers 33:52 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,” Read it in the full context of Numbers 33, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Numbers 33:52 found in the Bible?

Numbers 33:52 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 33, verse 52, in the Old Testament.

What Bible translation is Numbers 33:52 shown in?

This is the Young's Literal Translation (YLT), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 33:52 in the table on this page.

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