Numbers 14:20

Contemporary English Version

Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word:

King James Version
And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh said, "I have forgiven them according to your word;

New Century Version
The Lord answered, "I have forgiven them as you asked.

New English Translation
Then the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.

Amplified Bible
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said, "I have forgiven them in accordance with your word;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said, I haue forgiuen it, according to thy request.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai answered, "I have forgiven, as you have asked.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord answered, "Yes, I will forgive the people as you asked.

English Standard Version
Then the Lord said, "I have pardoned, according to your word.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, I have forgiven them according to your word;

Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said, I have forgiven according to your word;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde: I haue forgeue it, as thou hast saide.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde: I haue forgeuen it, according to thy request.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said, I haue pardoned, according to thy word.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to thy word.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Berean Standard Bible
"I have pardoned them as you requested," the LORD replied.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide, Y haue foryouun to hem, bi thi word.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word;

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

World English Bible
Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:

New King James Version
Then the LORD said: "I have pardoned, according to your word;

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said, "I will pardon them as you have requested.

New Life Bible
So the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said, "I do forgive, just as you have asked;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to thy word;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: I have forgiven according to thy word.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word;

THE MESSAGE
God said, "I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth—not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me—not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them. ²¹ But as surely as I live and my power has no limit, ²²I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times. ²⁴ But my servant Caleb isn't like the others. So because he has faith in me, I will allow him to cross into Canaan, and his descendants will settle there. ²⁵ Now listen, Moses! The Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys of Canaan. And tomorrow morning, you'll need to turn around and head back into the desert toward the Red Sea. ²⁶ The Lord told Moses and Aaron ²⁷to give this message to the people of Israel: You sinful people have complained against me too many times! Now I swear by my own life that I will give you exactly what you wanted. ²⁹ You will die right here in the desert, and your dead bodies will cover the ground. You have insulted me, and none of you men who are over twenty years old ³⁰ will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give you as your own—only Caleb and Joshua will go in. ³¹ You were worried that your own children would be captured. But I, the Lord , will let them enter the land you have rejected.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:10 - let me alone Psalms 99:8 - thou wast Hebrews 3:11 - I sware

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
I ask the Lord my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave.

Genesis 14:3
King Chedorlaomer and his allies had ruled these last five kings for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year the kings rebelled and came together in Siddim Valley, which is now covered by the southern part of the Dead Sea.

Genesis 14:5
A year later King Chedorlaomer and his allies attacked and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-Kiriathaim.

Genesis 14:6
They also defeated the Horites in the hill country of Edom, as far as El-Paran, near the desert.

Genesis 14:17
Abram returned after he had defeated King Chedorlaomer and the other kings. Then the king of Sodom went to meet Abram in Shaveh Valley, which is also known as King's Valley.

Genesis 14:19
and said to Abram: "I bless you in the name of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:27
"I thank you, Lord God of my master Abraham! You have led me to his relatives and kept your promise to him."

Genesis 28:22
This rock will be your house, and I will give back to you a tenth of everything you give me."

Numbers 28:26
The Lord said: On the first day of the Harvest Festival, you must rest from your work, come together for worship, and bring a sacrifice of new grain.

Deuteronomy 14:23
Also set aside ten percent of your wine and olive oil, and the first-born of every cow, sheep, and goat. Take these to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped, and eat them there. This will teach you to always respect the Lord your God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy word. So as not to kill them utterly as one man: which is an instance of his being plenteous in mercy, and ready to forgive; and of the virtue and efficacy of the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, and of the great regard the Lord has to the prayers of a good man for others. The Jerusalem Targum is,

"and the Word of the Lord said, lo, I have remitted and forgiven according to thy word;''

which must be understood of Christ, the essential Word, and shows, according to the sense of the Targumist, that he has a power to forgive sin, and must be a divine Person, for none can forgive sin but God; see Mark 2:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:20. I have pardoned — That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.