Judges 11:17
And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who likewise refused to give him passage. He abode therefore in Cades,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Misitque nuntios ad regem Edom, dicens : Dimitte me ut transeam per terram tuam. Qui noluit acquiescere precibus ejus. Misit quoque ad regem Moab, qui et ipse transitum præbere contempsit. Mansit itaque in Cades,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰσραὴλ ἀγγέλους πρός βασιλέα Ἐδὼμ λέγων Παρελεύσομαι δὴ ἐν τῇ γῇ σου· καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν βασιλεύς Ἐδώμ· καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Μωὰβ ἀπέστειλεν, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν. καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Καδής,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְאָכִ֣ים אֶל מֶלֶךְ֩ אֱד֨וֹם לֵאמֹ֜ר אֶעְבְּרָה נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וְגַ֨ם אֶל מֶ֧לֶךְ מוֹאָ֛ב שָׁלַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקָדֵֽשׁ
Haydock's commentary
Moab. This is not specified by Moses, but he sufficiently insinuates that he had done it, Deuteronomy ii. 8, 9. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.