Numbers 32:42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers 32:42 in other translations
| BSB | And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name. |
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| WEB | Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. |
| ASV | And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. |
| YLT | and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name. |
| DARBY | And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name. |
| BBE | And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself. |
| Webster | And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. |
What does Numbers 32:42 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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 32:42 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 32:42
- Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
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Context
- Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
- Numbers 32:42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers 32:42 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Asimismo Noba fué y tomó á Kenath y sus aldeas, y llamóle Noba, conforme á su nombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Nobakh alla, et prit Kenath et les villages de son ressort, et il l’appela Nobakh, d’après son nom. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Nobach zog hin und nahm Kenath und seine Tochterstädte ein und nannte es Nobach nach seinem Namen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nobe quoque perrexit, et apprehendit Chanath cum viculis suis: vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe. |