Verse List for NUM 20:17

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OET (OET-RV) Now please let us pass through your country. We won’t go through the countryside or the vineyards, and we won’t drink water from any well. We’ll stay on the king’s highway without turning to the right or the left, until after we’ve exited at your northern border.

OET-LV Let _us _pass please in_land _of_your not we _will _pass in_a _field and_in_a _vineyard and_not we _will _drink water _of a _well the _way _of the_king we _will _go not we _will _turn _aside right _hand and_left _hand until that we _will _pass _through territory _of_your.

ULT Please let us pass over in your land. We will not pass over in a field or in a vineyard, and we will not drink water of a well. We will go on the way of the king. We will not turn aside right or left until when we have passed over your border.’ ”

UST We ask that you allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the King’s Highway, the main road, and we will not turn off that road in any direction until we have left your region. We promise not to walk through your fields or vineyards. We will not even drink any of your water.”

BSB & MSB Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, [or] drink water from any well. We will stay on the King ’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE & WMBB “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”

NET Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’ ”

LSV Please let us pass over through your land; we do not pass over through a field or through a vineyard, nor do we drink waters of a well; we go the way of the king, we do not turn aside [to] the right or left until we pass over your border.”

FBV Please allow us to travel through your country. We won't cross any of your fields or vineyards, or drink water from any of your wells. We will stay on the King's Highway; we won't turn off either to the right or to the left until we have passed through your country.”

T4T Please allow us to travel through your country. We will be careful to not walk through your fields and your vineyards. We will not even drink water from your wells. As we travel, we will stay on the king’s highway, the main road that goes from the south to the north, and we will not leave that road until we have crossed the border of your country in the north.”

LEB Please let us go through your land. We will not go through a field or vineyard, and we will not drink water from a well. We will go along the road of the king; we will not turn aside right or left until we have gone through your territory.’ ”

BBE Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

Moff No Moff NUM book available

JPS Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.'

ASV Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

DRA And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, we will not drink the waters of thy wells, but we will go by the common highway, neither turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past thy borders.

YLT Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land; we pass not over through a field, or through a vineyard, nor do we drink waters of a well; the way of the king we go, we turn not aside — right or left — till that we pass over thy border.'

Drby Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

RV let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king’s high way, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
(let us pass, I pray thee/you, through thy/your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king’s high way, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy/your border.)

SLT Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.

Wbstr Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high -way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

KJB-1769 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
(Let us pass, I pray thee/you, through thy/your country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy/your borders.)

KJB-1611 Let vs passe, I pray thee, thorow thy countrey: we will not passe thorow the fields, or thorow the Uineyards, neither will we drinke of the water of the wells: wee will goe by the Kings high-way, we wil not turne to the right hand nor to the left, vntill wee haue passed thy borders.
(Let us pass, I pray thee/you, through thy/your country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the Vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the Kings high-way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy/your borders.)

Bshps Let vs passe I pray thee through thy countrey: but we wyll not go through the fieldes or vineyardes, neither wyll we drynke of the water of the fountaynes: we wyll go by the kynges hye way, and neither turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left, vntyll we be past thy borders.
(Let us pass I pray thee/you through thy/your country: but we will not go through the fields or vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the fountains: we will go by the kings high way, and neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy/your borders.)

Gnva I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.
(I pray thee/you that we may pass through thy/your country: we will not go through the fields nor the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the kings way, and neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy/your borders.)

Cvdl O let vs go thorow thy londe, we wyl not go thorow ye feldes ner vynyardes, ner drynke the water out of the foutaynes. We wyl go the hye strete, and turne nether to ye right hande ner to ye lefte, tyll we be come past ye borders of thy countre.
(Oh let us go through thy/your land, we will not go through ye/you_all fields nor vineyards, nor drink the water out of the fountains. We will go the high street, and turn neither to ye/you_all right hand nor to ye/you_all left, till we be come past ye/you_all borders of thy/your country.)

Wycl and we bisechen that it be leueful to vs to passe thorou thi lond; we schulen not go bi feeldis, nether bi vyneris, nether we schulen drynke watris of thi pittis; but we schulen go in the comyn weie, and we schulen not bowe to the riyt side, nether to the left side, til we passen thi termes.
(and we bisechen that it be lawful to us to pass through thy/your land; we should not go by fields, neither by vineries/vineyards, neither we should drink waters of thy/your pits; but we should go in the common way, and we should not bow to the right side, neither to the left side, till we pass thy/your terms.)

Luth Laß uns durch dein Land ziehen. Wir wollen nicht durch Äcker noch Weinberge gehen, auch nicht Wasser aus den Brunnen trinken; die Landstraße wollen wir ziehen, weder zur Rechten noch zur Linken weichen, bis wir durch deine Grenze kommen.
(Let us/to_us/ourselves through your(s) country pull. We want not through fields still vineyards go, also not water out_of the spring(n) drink(v); the country_road want we/us pull, neither to/for law/right still to/for left_(one) soft, until we/us through your border/boundary coming.)

ClVg obsecramus ut nobis transire liceat per terram tuam. Non ibimus per agros, nec per vineas; non bibemus aquas de puteis tuis: sed gradiemur via publica, nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram declinantes, donec transeamus terminos tuos.
(obsecramus as us to_pass it_is_permissible through the_earth/land your(sg). Not/No ibimus through fields, but_not through vineyards; not/no we_will_drink waters from/about wells yours: but we_will_walk way/road public, but_not to right_hand but_not to left_side declinees, until let’s_go_over boundaries yours.)

UHB נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְ⁠אַרְצֶ֗⁠ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּ⁠שָׂדֶ֣ה וּ⁠בְ⁠כֶ֔רֶם וְ⁠לֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַ⁠מֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּ⁠שְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽ⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Παρελευσόμεθα διὰ τῆς γῆς σου· οὐ διελευσόμεθα διʼ ἀγρῶν, οὐδὲ διʼ ἀμπελώνων, οὐδὲ πιόμεθα ὕδωρ ἐκ λάκκου σου· ὁδῷ βασιλικῇ πορευσόμεθα· οὐκ ἐκκλινοῦμεν δεξιὰ οὐδὲ εὐώνυμα, ἕως ἂν παρέλθωμεν τὰ ὅριά σου.

BrTr We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.