Numbers 32:31
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Numbers 32:31 in other translations
| BSB | The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do. |
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| WEB | The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do. |
| ASV | And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. |
| YLT | And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, ‘That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants--so we do; |
| DARBY | And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah has said to thy servants, so will we do. |
| BBE | Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do. |
| Webster | And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said to thy servants, so will we do. |
What does Numbers 32:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:20-33
20-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:28-42
Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of…
Numbers 32:31 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 32:30
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- Numbers 32:31
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
- Numbers 32:32
We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
Numbers 32:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén respondieron, diciendo: Haremos lo que Jehová ha dicho á tus siervos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils de Gad et les fils de Ruben répondirent, disant: Nous ferons ainsi que l’ Éternel a dit à tes serviteurs; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Gad und die Kinder Ruben antworteten und sprachen: Wie Jehova zu deinen Knechten geredet hat, so wollen wir tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben: Sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis, ita faciemus: |