Numbers 10:31

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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.

WEB

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

ASV

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.

LSV

And he says, “Please do not forsake us, because you have known our encamping in the wilderness, and you have been to us for eyes;

YLT

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;

DBY

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.

DRC

And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

GNV

Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And he said, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַל־נָ֖א תַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֹתָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י ׀ עַל־כֵּ֣ן יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֲנֹתֵ֨נוּ֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְהָיִ֥יתָ לָּ֖נוּ לְעֵינָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἡμᾶς, οὗ ἕνεκεν ἦσθα μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἔσῃ ἐν ἡμῖν πρεσβύτης.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 29:15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
• Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
• 1 Corinthians 12:14–21For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say,…
• Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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