Numbers 32:16
King James Version (KJV)
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
In context
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Numbers 32:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
- WEB World English Bible
- They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: