Verse Comparison: Numbers 27:4
American Standard Version
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
Amplified® Bible
Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren.
Contemporary English Version
to carry on his family name. But why should his name die out for that reason? Give us some land like the rest of his relatives in our clan, so our father's name can live on.
Darby English Version
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he has no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
Good News Bible
Just because he had no sons, why should our father's name disappear from Israel? Give us property among our father's relatives."
King James Version
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
New American Standard Bible
"Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."
New International Version
Why should our father's name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father's relatives."
New King James Version
Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Why should the name of our father become withdrawn from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."
Revised Standard Version
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren."
Young's Literal Translation
why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'