Numbers 13 · Verse 4

Numbers 13:4

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Numbers 13:4, King James Version

Numbers 13:4 in other translations

BSBand these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
WEBThese were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
ASVAnd these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
YLTand these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
DARBYAnd these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
BBEAnd these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
WebsterAnd these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

What does Numbers 13:4 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 13:1-20

A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by…

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Numbers 13:4 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.

וְאֵ֖לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
שְׁמוֹתָ֑םshe.mo.Tam[are] names theirH8034
לְמַטֵּ֣הle.ma.Tehfor [the] tribe ofH4294
רְאוּבֵ֔ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
שַׁמּ֖וּעַsha.Mu.a'ShammuaH8051
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
זַכּֽוּר\׃za.KurZaccurH2139

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

Context

  • Numbers 13:3

    And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 13:4

    And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

  • Numbers 13:5

    Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

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Numbers 13:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Moisés los envió desde el desierto de Parán, conforme á la palabra de Jehová: y todos aquellos varones eran príncipes de los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ce sont ici leurs noms: pour la tribu de Ruben, Shammua, fils de Zaccur;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dies sind ihre Namen: für den Stamm Ruben, Schammua, der Sohn Sakkurs;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina.