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 in other translations
| BSB | “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.” |
|---|---|
| WEB | He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.” |
| ASV | And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. |
| YLT | And he saith unto him, ‘I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.' |
| DARBY | And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go. |
| BBE | But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations. |
| Webster | And 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
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…
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.
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.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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. |