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Numbers 21:18
The Journey to Moab
17Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it! 18The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
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Berean Standard Bible
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.”
From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
American Standard Version (1901)
The well, which the princes digged,
Which the nobles of the people delved,
With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;
Bible in Basic English
The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
Free Bible Version
The tribal chiefs dug the well; yes the leaders of the people dug the well with their rods of authority and their walking sticks.” The Israelites left the desert and carried on to Mattanah.
King James (Authorized) Version
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:
One Unity Resource Bible
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;
Translation for Translators
Sing about this well which our leaders dug;
they dug out the dirt with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
Unlocked Literal Bible
about the well that our leaders dug,
the well the nobles of the people dug,
with the scepter and their staffs.” Then from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah.
Noah Webster Bible
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
World English Bible
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;
Young's Literal Translation
'A well — digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah,