Numbers 17:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 17:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
דַּבֵּ֣ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וְקַ֣ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
מֵֽאִתָּ֡ם
ʼêth
H854
with
מַטֶּ֣ה
maṭṭeh
H4294
staff
מַטֶּה֩
maṭṭeh
H4294
staff
לְבֵ֨ית
bayith
H1004
house
אָ֜ב
ʼâb
H1
father
מֵאֵ֤ת
ʼêth
H854
with
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙
nâsîyʼ
H5387
chief
לְבֵ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
אֲבֹתָ֔ם
ʼâb
H1
father
שְׁנֵ֥ים
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
עָשָׂ֖ר
ʻâsâr
H6240
teen
מַטּ֑וֹת
maṭṭeh
H4294
staff
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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שְׁמ֔וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
תִּכְתֹּ֖ב
kâthab
H3789
to write
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
מַטֵּֽהוּ
maṭṭeh
H4294
staff
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod.
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King James Version Public Domain
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and take from with them a staff, a staff for a house of a father, from with all their leaders for the house of their fathers, 12 staffs. A man, his name you shall write on his staff.
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