Numbers 17:27

12 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And the children of Israel spake to Mosheh, saying: Behold, some of us are slain with the sword; and, behold, some are swallowed up by the earth; and, behold, some perish with the plague.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And the Bnei Yisroel spoke unto Moshe, saying, See, we die, we perish, we will all perish.

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Croatian Bible

“Izgibosmo!” - rekoše Izraelci Mojsiju. “Propadosmo! Svi odreda propadosmo!

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et les fils d’Israël parlèrent à Moïse, disant : Voici, nous expirons, nous périssons, nous périssons tous !

German Textbibel

Die Iraeliten aber sprachen zu Mose: Fürwahr, wir kommen um, wir sind verloren, wir sind alle verloren!

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ ἐξανηλώμεθα, ἀπολώλαμεν, παρανηλώμεθα·

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ἐξανηλώμεθα, ἀπολώλαμεν, παρανηλώμεθα.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֥ן גָּוַ֛עְנוּ אָבַ֖דְנוּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ אָבַֽדְנוּ׃

Mashi Bible

Bene Israheli banacibwîra Mûsa mpu: «Lolà oku rhwamafa, rhwamahwa rhweshi.

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֥ן גָּוַ֛עְנוּ אָבַ֖דְנוּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ׃

Attribution

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 1450 BC–1400 BC Moses
Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes the Torah to Moses, written during the wilderness period.
Critical: 950 BC–450 BC Multiple sources, compiled
Historical-critical scholarship sees the Torah as woven from several sources over centuries, reaching final form in the Persian period.

The commentaries behind these dates →

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1450 BC–450 BC).

1900 BC–1450 BC Minoan palace culture Greece
Crete supported a literate palace society trading across the Aegean long before mainland Greece.
1600 BC–1178 BC Hittite empire Anatolia
An Anatolian power rivalling Egypt, ended in the Bronze Age collapse.
1600 BC–1046 BC Shang dynasty oracle bones China
The earliest substantial Chinese writing, inscribed on bone and shell for divination.
1550 BC–1069 BC Egyptian New Kingdom Egypt
Egypt at its imperial height, ruling from Nubia to the Levant under Thutmose III, Akhenaten and Rameses II.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse Mediterranean
Within roughly two generations most eastern Mediterranean states fell; cities were destroyed, trade networks broke and literacy contracted sharply.

Numbers 17:27

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Croatian Bible ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

German Textbibel ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆