Numbers 26:55 — Compare All Translations

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

`Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;

English ASV

Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English Amplified

But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit;

English EASY 2024

You must use lots to decide the land that each tribe receives.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But you must use lots to decide which tribe gets which part of the land. Each tribe will get its share of the land, and that land will be given the name of that tribe.

But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.

English KJV 1611

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English LSB

But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But the land will be divided by lot. By the names of the tribes of their fathers they will inherit.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

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

But the land shall be divided by lot, as the heritage of the various ancestral tribes.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Be sure that you use lots when you give out the land. What each family receives will be based on the number of men listed in its tribe.

English NIV

Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

English NKJ 1982

But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

English NLT

Make sure you assign the land by lot, and define the inheritance of each ancestral tribe by means of the census listings.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Let the representatives of the larger tribes have a lottery, drawing for the larger

English Tyndale 1537

Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot, and according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit:

Numbers 26:55 — Compare Translations