Verse List for NUM 20:19

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OET (OET-RV) The Israelis reiterated, “We’ll stay on the highway, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, then we’ll pay what it’s worth so that’s no big deal. Just let us walk through.”

OET-LV And_they _said to_him/it the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel)[fn] on_highway we _will _go _up and_if waters _of_your we _will _drink I and_livestock _of_my and_I _will _give price _of_their only there_is_not a _thing on_feet _of_my let _me _pass _through.

ULT And the sons of Israel said to him, “On the highway we will go up. And if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only, there is no matter, let me pass over on my feet.”

UST The Israelite representatives replied, “We will certainly stay on the main road. Further, suppose that we or any of our animals drink any of your water. In that case, we will pay for the water. We are not asking very much, just that you allow us to walk through your region.”

BSB & MSB “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE & WMBB The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”

NET Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”

LSV And the sons of Israel say to him, “We go in the highway, and if we drink of your waters—I and my livestock—then I have given their price; only, let me pass over on my feet, nothing [more].”

FBV “We'll keep to the main road,” the Israelites persisted. “If we or our livestock drink your water, we'll pay you for it. That's all we want—just to pass through on foot.”

T4T The Israeli messengers replied, “If we travel through your country, we will stay on the main road. If we and any of our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We want only to travel through your country. We do not want anything else.”

LEB The _⌊Israelites_⌋[fn] said to him, “We will go up on the main road, and if we[fn] and our livestock[fn] drink your water, we will pay for it.[fn] It is only a small matter; let us pass through on our feet.”[fn]

BBE And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.

Moff No Moff NUM book available

JPS And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.'

ASV And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

DRA And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just: there shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass speedily.

YLT And the sons of Israel say unto him, 'In the highway we go, and if of thy waters we drink — I and my cattle — then I have given their price; only (it is nothing) on my feet I pass over.'

Drby And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.

RV And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway: and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing any thing else, pass through on my feet.
(And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway: and if we drink of thy/your water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.)

SLT And the sons of Israel will say to him, By the highway will we come up; and if we shall drink of thy waters, I and my cattle, I gave a price: only not speaking, I will pass through on my feet.

Wbstr And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else , go through on my feet.

KJB-1769 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
(And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy/your water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.)

KJB-1611 And the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe by the high-way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will onely (without doing any thing else) go thorow on my feet.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The children of Israel sayd vnto him, we wyll go by the beaten way: and if I and my cattell drynke of thy water, I wyll pay for it: I wyll but only (without any harme) go through on my feete.
(The children of Israel said unto him, we will go by the beaten way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy/your water, I will pay for it: I will but only (without any harm) go through on my feet.)

Gnva Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete.
(Then the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy/your water, I will then pay for it: I will only (without any harm) go through on my feet.)

Cvdl The children of Israel saide vnto him: We wil go ye como hye waye, & yf we or oure catell drynke of thy water, we wil paye for it: we wil do nothinge, but passe thorow on fote onely.
(The children of Israel said unto him: We will go ye/you_all common high way, and if we or our cattle drink of thy/your water, we will pay for it: we will do nothing, but pass through on foot only.)

Wycl And the sones of Israel seiden, We schulen go bi the weie comynli vsid, and if we and oure beestis drynken thi watris, we schulen yyue that that is iust; noon hardnesse schal be in prijs, onely passe we swiftli.
(And the sons of Israel said, We should go by the way commonly used, and if we and our beasts/animals drinking thy/your waters, we should give that that is just; noon hardness shall be in price, only pass we swiftly.)

Luth Die Kinder Israel sprachen zu ihm: Wir wollen auf der gebahnten Straße ziehen, und so wir deines Wassers trinken, wir und unser Vieh, so wollen wir‘s bezahlen; wir wollen nichts, denn nur zu Fuße hindurchziehen.
(The children Israel said to/for him: We want on/in/to the/of_the paved road pull, and so we/us your(s) waters drink(v), we/us and our cattle, so want we/us pay_off; we/us want nothing, because/than only to/for feet pull_through.)

ClVg Dixeruntque filii Israël: Per tritam gradiemur viam: et si biberimus aquas tuas, nos et pecora nostra, dabimus quod justum est: nulla erit in pretio difficultas, tantum velociter transeamus.
(And_they_said children Israel: Through groundm we_will_walk way/road: and when/but_if drinkrimus waters yours, us and cattle our, we_will_give that just it_is: none will_be in/into/on at_a_price difficultas, only quickly let’s_go_over.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֥י⁠ו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ל בַּֽ⁠מְסִלָּ֣ה נַעֲלֶה֒ וְ⁠אִם־מֵימֶ֤י⁠ךָ נִשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י וּ⁠מִקְנַ֔⁠י וְ⁠נָתַתִּ֖י מִכְרָ֑⁠ם רַ֥ק אֵין־דָּבָ֖ר בְּ⁠רַגְלַ֥⁠י אֶֽעֱבֹֽרָה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, παρὰ τὸ ὄρος παρελευσόμεθα· ἐὰν δὲ τοῦ ὕδατός σου πίωμεν ἐγώ τε καὶ τὰ κτήνη μου, δώσω τιμήν σοι· ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐδέν ἐστι· παρὰ τὸ ὄρος παρελευσόμεθα.

BrTr And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will pay thee: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.