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Christian Standard Bible ®

Numbers 14:17

“So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as you have spoken:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Prayer;   Unselfishness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Intercession;   Intercessory Prayer;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Mediator, Mediation;   Prayer;   Spirituality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Power;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Akiba [Ben Joseph]'s Book on Letter-Ornaments;   Atonement;   Greeting, Forms of;   Hafá¹­arah;   Sidra;   Small and Large Letters;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
King James Version
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Lexham English Bible
But now, please, let the power of my Lord be great, just has you spoke,
New Century Version
"So show your strength now, Lord. Do what you said:
New English Translation
So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said,
Amplified Bible
"But now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,
New American Standard Bible
"So now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,
Contemporary English Version
Show us your great power, Lord . You promised
Complete Jewish Bible
So now, please, let Adonai's power be as great as when you said,
Darby Translation
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
"So now, Lord, show your strength! Show it the way you said you would.
English Standard Version
And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
And now, let thy power, O LORD, be great according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Good News Translation
So now, Lord , I pray, show us your power and do what you promised when you said,
Literal Translation
And now, I beseech You, let the power of my Lord be great, as You have spoken, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So let the power of the LORDE now be greate, acordinge as thou hast spoken and sayde:
American Standard Version
And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Bible in Basic English
So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe I beseche thee, let the power of my Lord be great, accordyng as thou hast spoken, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now, O Lord, let thy strength be exalted, as thou spakest, saying,
English Revised Version
And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
So now I pray, may the power of the Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
therfor the strengthe of the Lord be magnified, as thou hast swore. And Moises seide,
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:
Update Bible Version
And now, I pray you, let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
World English Bible
Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
New King James Version
And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
New Living Translation
"Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,
New Life Bible
But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great as You have promised, saying,
New Revised Standard
And now, therefore, let the power of the Lord be great in the way that you promised when you spoke, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, I beseech thee let the might of My Lord, be magnified, - according as thou didst speak saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let then the strength of the Lord be magnified, as thou hast sworn, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And now, I pray thee, let the power of the LORD be great as thou hast promised, saying,
THE MESSAGE
"Now, please, let the power of the Master expand, enlarge itself greatly, along the lines you have laid out earlier when you said,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

Contextual Overview

11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them? 12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.” 13But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them. 14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among these people, how you, Lord, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15If you kill this people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will declare, 16‘Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them, he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 17“So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as you have spoken: 18The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation. 19Please pardon the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of your faithful love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Micah 3:8, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 9:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:28 - wilt Exodus 34:5 - the name Exodus 34:6 - proclaimed Numbers 21:7 - And Moses Psalms 25:11 - for it Psalms 79:11 - according Isaiah 62:6 - make mention of the Lord Amos 7:2 - O Lord

Cross-References

Judges 11:34
When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.
1 Samuel 18:6
As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.
2 Samuel 18:18
When he was alive, Absalom had taken a pillar and raised it up for himself in the King’s Valley, since he thought, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.
Proverbs 14:20
A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,but there are many who love the rich.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth attracts many friends,but a poor person is separated from his friend.
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of Lord be great,.... That is, appear to be great; the power of God is great, not only mighty, but almighty; it knows no bounds, nothing is impossible with him, he can do whatever he pleases, Psalms 147:5; his power, and the greatness of it, had been seen in bringing the children of Israel out of Egypt, and through the Red sea, and in providing for them, protecting and defending them in the wilderness; and the request of Moses is, that it might appear greater and greater in bringing them into the land of promise; or else he means an exceeding great display of the grace and mercy of God in the forgiveness of the sins of the people; for as the power of God is seen in his forbearance and longsuffering with the wicked, Romans 9:22; much more in the forgiveness of the sins of men, there being more power and virtue in grace to pardon, than there is in sin to damn; and as it is an indication of strength in men, and of their power over themselves, when they can rule their own spirits, keep under their passions, and restrain their wrath, and show a forgiving temper, Proverbs 16:32; so it is an instance of the power of God to overcome his wrath and anger stirred up by the sins of men; and, notwithstanding their provocations, freely to forgive: pardon of sin is an act of power, as well as of grace and mercy, see Matthew 9:6; and this sense agrees with what follows. The first letter in the word for "great" is larger than usual, that it might be taken notice of; and to signify the exceeding greatness of the power of God, Moses desired might be displayed in this case: and the letter numerically signifies ten, and has been thought to respect the ten times that Israel tempted the Lord, Numbers 14:22; and to suggest, that though they had so done, yet the grace and mercy of God should ten times exceed the ingratitude of the people u:

according as thou hast spoken, saying; as in Exodus 34:6; and is as follows.

u Baal Hatturim in loc. & Buxtorf. Tiberias, c. 14. p. 38.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions. He speaks here as if in momentary apprehension of an outbreak of God’s wrath, unless he could perhaps arrest it by crowding in every topic of deprecation and intercession that he could mention on the instant.


 
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