Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But he said to him, “I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.”

King James Version

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Holman Bible

But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

International Standard Version

But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

A Conservative Version

And he said to him, I will not go, but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

American Standard Version

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Amplified

But Hobab [Moses’ brother-in-law] said to him, “I will not go; I will return to my own land and to my family.”

Bible in Basic English

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

Darby Translation

And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say to him, I will not go; but to my land, and to my kindred I will go.

King James 2000

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But he said to him, "I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family."

Modern King James verseion

And he said to him, I will not go, but I will go to my own land and to my kindred.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said unto him, "I will not: but will go to mine own land and to my kindred."

NET Bible

But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred."

New Heart English Bible

He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

The Emphasized Bible

And he said unto him, I will not go, - but unto my own land, and unto my own kindred, will I go.

Webster

And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

World English Bible

He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

Youngs Literal Translation

And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
unto him, I will not go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

but I will depart
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Appeal To Hobab

29 Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.” 31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

Cross References

Genesis 12:1

Now the Lord said to Abram,
Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;

Genesis 31:30

Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”

Ruth 1:15-17

Then she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

Matthew 21:29

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

Luke 14:26

If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Hebrews 11:13

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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