Numbers 14:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 14:12

10 ^aAnd all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now ^bthe glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.

Moses Intercedes for the People

11 Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will these people ^areject Me? And how long will they not ^bbelieve Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?

12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will ^amake of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

13 And ^aMoses said to the Lord: ^b“Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,

14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have ^aheard that You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

Verse Comparison: Numbers 14:12

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American Standard Version
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

Amplified® Bible
I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and will make of you [Moses] a nation greater and mightier than they.

Contemporary English Version
So they will no longer be my people. I will destroy them, but I will make you the ancestor of a nation even stronger than theirs."

Darby English Version
I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

Good News Bible
I will send an epidemic and destroy them, but I will make you the father of a nation that is larger and more powerful than they are!"

King James Version
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

New American Standard Bible
"I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they."

New International Version
I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

New King James Version
I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they."

Revised Standard Version
I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."

Young's Literal Translation
I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'

New English Translation
I will strike them with the pestilence,¹ and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

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