Numbers 21:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 21:18 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 →
בְּאֵ֞ר
bᵉʼêr
H875
well
חֲפָר֣וּהָ
châphar
H2658
to dig
שָׂרִ֗ים
sar
H8269
prince
כָּר֨וּהָ֙
kârâh
H3738
to dig
נְדִיבֵ֣י
nâdîyb
H5081
noble
הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
H5971
people
בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק
châqaq
H2710
to decree
בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם
mishʻênâh
H4938
support
וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
מַתָּנָֽה
Mattânâh
H4980
Mattanah
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, [and] with their poles. From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
-
King James Version Public Domain
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
well the princes dug, the nobles of the people dug it, with the scepter, with their staffs.” And from the wilderness Mattanah,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).