Numbers 10:30
Modern Translations
New International Version
He answered, "No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people."

New Living Translation
But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.”

English Standard Version
But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”

Berean Study Bible
“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

New American Standard Bible
But he said to him, “I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.”

NASB 1995
But he said to him, "I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives."

NASB 1977
But he said to him, “I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.”

Amplified Bible
But Hobab [Moses’ brother-in-law] said to him, “I will not go; I will return to my own land and to my family.”

Christian Standard Bible
But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But he replied to him, "I don't want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.""

Contemporary English Version
"No, I won't go," Hobab answered. "I'm returning home to be with my own people."

Good News Translation
Hobab answered, "No, I am going back to my native land."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Hobab answered, "No, I won't go. I want to go back to my own country where my relatives are."

International Standard Version
But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

NET Bible
But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

New King James Version
And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

New Heart English Bible
He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

World English Bible
He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

American King James Version
And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

American Standard Version
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

A Faithful Version
And he said to him, "I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my kindred."

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he answered him, I will not goe: but I will depart to mine owne countrey, and to my kindred.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he aunswered hym: I wyll not go, but wyl depart to mine owne lande, and to my kinred.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But he answered: I wil not go wt you, but wil go in to myne awne londe vnto my kynred.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he sayde vnto him: I will not: but will goo to myne awne londe and to my kynred.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will say to him, I will not go; but to my land, and to my kindred I will go.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he said to him “I shall not go, but I shall go to my land where I was born.”

Lamsa Bible
But he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, where I was born.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he said unto him: 'I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he said to him, I will not go, but I will go to my land and to my kindred.
















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