Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

New American Standard Bible

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.

King James Version

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

Holman Bible

“Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

International Standard Version

Then Moses responded, "Please don't leave us now, since you know where we can camp in the wilderness. You could be our guide.

A Conservative Version

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee, inasmuch as thou know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shall be to us instead of eyes.

American Standard Version

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

Amplified

Then Moses said, “Please do not leave us, for you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us [as we make our trek through the desert].

Darby Translation

And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, Thou shalt not leave us now, for upon this thou knewest we encamped in the desert, and thou wert to us for eyes.

King James 2000

And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; forasmuch as you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He said, "Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and {you should be our guide}.

Modern King James verseion

And he said, Please do not leave us, because you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and so you may be to us for eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Moses said, "Oh nay, leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes.

NET Bible

Moses said, "Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

New Heart English Bible

He said, "Do not leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

Then said he: I beseech thee, do not forsake us, - for, on this account, hast thou come to know of our encamping in the desert, so shalt thou be unto us as eyes;

Webster

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

World English Bible

He said, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
us not, I pray thee forasmuch as thou knowest
כּן 
Ken 
Usage: 769

how we are to encamp
חנה 
Chanah 
Usage: 143

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

References

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Watsons

Context Readings

The Appeal To Hobab

30 But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations. 31 And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents. 32 And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

Cross References

Job 29:15

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Psalm 32:8

I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

1 Corinthians 12:14-21

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

Galatians 6:2

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

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