Numbers 10 · Verse 30

Numbers 10:30

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
Numbers 10:30, King James Version

Numbers 10:30 in other translations

BSB“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
WEBHe said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
ASVAnd he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
YLTAnd he saith unto him, ‘I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'
DARBYAnd he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.
BBEBut he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.
WebsterAnd he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

What does Numbers 10:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred - From the strong expostulations in Num 10:31 and Num 10:32, and from Jdg 1:16; Jdg 4:11, and 1Sam 15:6, it is likely that Hobab changed his mind; or that, if he did go back to Midian, he returned again to Israel, as the above scriptures show that his posterity dwelt among the Israelites in Canaan. Reader, after having been almost persuaded to become a Christian, to take Christ, his cross, his reproach, and his crown, for thy portion, art thou again purposing to go back to thy own land, and to thy kindred? Knowest thou not that this land is the place of destruction - that the children of this world, who are not taking God for their portion, are going to perdition? Up, get thee hence, for the Lord will destroy this place by fire; and all who are not of the kindred and family of Christ shall perish at the brightness of his appearing!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:29-32

Moses invites his kindred to go to Canaan. Those that are bound for the heavenly Canaan, should ask and encourage their friends to go with them: we shall have none the less of the joys of heaven, for others coming to share with us. It is good having fellowship with those who have fellowship with God. But the things of this world, which are seen, draw strongly from the pursuit of the things of the other world, which…

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Numbers 10:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himH413
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֵלֵ֑ךְ'e.LekhI will goH1980
כִּ֧יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַרְצִ֛י'ar.Tziown land myH776
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
מוֹלַדְתִּ֖יmo.lad.Tikindred myH4138
אֵלֵֽךְ\׃'e.LekhI will goH1980

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 10:30

  • Genesis 31:30

    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

  • Ruth 1:15-17

    And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

  • Hebrews 11:13

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Genesis 12:1

    Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

  • Psalms 45:10

    Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

  • Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  • Luke 14:26

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

  • Matthew 21:29

    He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 12:1; 31:30; Ru 1:15-17; Ps 45:10; Lu 14:26; 2Co 5:16
Heb 11:8,13

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Context

  • Numbers 10:29

    And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

  • Numbers 10:30

    And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

  • Numbers 10:31

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

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Numbers 10:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él le respondió: Yo no iré, sino que me marcharé á mi tierra y á mi parentela.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il lui dit: Je n’irai pas; mais je m’en irai dans mon pays, et vers ma parenté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er sprach zu ihm: Ich will nicht mitziehen, sondern in mein Land und zu meiner Verwandtschaft will ich gehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cui ille respondit: Non vadam tecum, sed revertar in terram meam, in qua natus sum.