Joshua 21:2 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.`

English ASV

and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

English Amplified

They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

At Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, they told them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.

English EASY 2024

They met at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. The Levites said, ‘The Lord told Moses that you must give us towns to live in, as well as land for our animals.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

At Shiloh in the land of Canaan, the Levite rulers said to them, "The Lord gave Moses a command. He commanded that you give us towns to live in and that you give us fields where our animals can eat."

And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

There at Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we were to be given cities to live in, as well as pasture land around them for our livestock.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, "The Lord commanded through Moses that we should receive cities to live in and pasturelands for our livestock."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They told them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan: "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock."

English KJV 1611

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

English LSB

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

At Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them, “Through Moses the Lord commanded that we be given cities to live in, along with grazing lands for our livestock.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, and said to them, "The LORD commanded, through Moses, that cities be given us to dwell in, with pasture lands for our livestock."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They went to all of them at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, "Give us towns to live in. Also give us grasslands for our livestock. That's what the Lord commanded through Moses."

English NIV

at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock."

English NKJ 1982

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.”

English NLT

They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD instructed Moses to give us towns to live in and pasturelands for our cattle."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pasture lands for our livestock."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasture lands for our cattle.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“The Lord instructed Moses to give cities to us Levites for our homes, and pastureland for our cattle,“ they said.

English Tyndale 1537

and spake unto them at Siloh in the land of Canaan saying: the LORD commanded by Moses, to give us cities to dwell in and the fields about them, for our cattle.