Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. Therefore Israel turned away from him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Holman Bible
Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
International Standard Version
That's how Edom refused Israel passage through their territory. So Israel turned away from there.
A Conservative Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. Therefore Israel turned away from him.
American Standard Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Amplified
Thus [the king of] Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
Bible in Basic English
So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
Darby Translation
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Edom will refuse to give to Israel to pass over by his boundary; and Israel will turn away from him.
King James 2000
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: therefore Israel turned away from him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned aside from him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thus Edom denied to give Israel passage through his country; And Israel turned away from him.
NET Bible
So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
New Heart English Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus did Edom refuse to give Israel passage through his boundary, - and Israel turned away from him.
Webster
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
World English Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him.
Themes
journey of israel through the Desert » Obstructed, &c by the surrounding nations
Edomites » Refuse to the israelites passage through their country
Edomites, the » Refused israel a passage
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Toward the israelites » Edom
Israel » Edom » Refused » Passage
Selfishness » Examples of » Cain's cold-blooded words concerning abel
Interlinear
Nathan
G@buwl
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Edom Denies Passage
20 And he said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. 21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. Therefore Israel turned away from him. 22 And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, pulled up stakes from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.
Cross References
Judges 11:18
And they went along through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but they did not come within the border of Moab; for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Deuteronomy 2:29
as the sons of Esau who live in Seir, and the Moabites who live in Ar, did to me, until I shall cross over Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God gives us.
Deuteronomy 2:4-8
And command the people saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir. And they shall be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.
Deuteronomy 2:27
Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway. I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 23:7
You shall not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not despise an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.
Judges 11:24
Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomever Jehovah our God shall drive out from before us, we will possess them.