Numbers Chapter 21 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
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BBE Numbers 21:27

So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:
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DARBY Numbers 21:27

Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
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KJV Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
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WBT Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared.
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WEB Numbers 21:27

Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
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YLT Numbers 21:27

therefore those using similes say -- `Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - They that speak in proverbs. הַמָּשְׁלִים. Septuagint, οἰ αἰνιγματισταί. A class of persons well marked among the Hebrews, as perhaps in all ancient countries. It was their gift, and almost their profession, to express in the sententious, antistrophic poetry of the age such thoughts or such facts as took hold of men's minds. At a time when there was little difference between poetry and rhetoric, and when the distinction was hardly drawn between the inventive faculty of man and the Divine afflatus, it is not surprising to find the word mashal applied to the rhapsody of Balsam (Numbers 23:7), to the "taunting song" of Isaiah (Isaiah 14:4), to the "riddle" of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 17:2), as well as to the collection of earthly and heavenly wisdom in the Book of Proverbs. That which follows is a taunting song, most like to the one cited from Isaiah, the archaic character of which is marked by its strongly antithetic form and abrupt transitions, as well as by the peculiarity of some of the words. Come to Heshbon. This may be ironically addressed to the Amorites, lately so victorious, now so overthrown; or, possibly, it may be intended to express the jubilation of the Amorites themselves in the day of their pride.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27-30) Come into Heshbon.--These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the Israelites over the Amorites. They may be rendered thus:--"Come ye to Heshbon!Let the city of Sihon be built up and restored!For a fire went out from Heshbon--A flame from the city of Sihon:It devoured Ar (or, the city) of Moab--The lords of the high places of Arnon.Woe to thee, Moab!Thou art perished, O people of Chemosh: He (i.e., Chemosh) gave up his sons as fugitives,And his daughters into captivity,Unto Sihon, the King of the Amorites. . . .