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Numbers 10:31

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.

KJV

Et ille : Noli, inquit, nos relinquere : tu enim nosti in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus, et eris ductor noster.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἡμᾶς, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἦσθα μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἔσῃ ἐν ἡμῖν πρεσβύτης·

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אַל נָ֖א תַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֹתָ֑/נוּ כִּ֣י עַל כֵּ֣ן יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֲנֹתֵ֨/נוּ֙ בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר וְ/הָיִ֥יתָ לָּ֖/נוּ לְ/עֵינָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 29:15 — I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
  • Job 29:15 — I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.