Numbers 22:3

Geneva Bible

And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Mo'av was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Mo'av was distressed because of the children of Yisra'el.

King James Version
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Lexham English Bible
and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because they were numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the Israelites.

English Standard Version
And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.

New Century Version
And Moab was scared of so many Israelites; truly, Moab was terrified by them.

New English Translation
And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

Amplified Bible
So Moab was terrified because of the people, for they were numerous. Moab was overcome with fear because of the sons of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible
Mo'av was very afraid of the people, because there were so many of them; Mo'av was overcome with dread because of the people of Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the Moabites were in great fear of the people because they were many; and Moab was distressed at the presence of the children of Israel.

Good News Translation
he and all his people became terrified.

Christian Standard Bible®
Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.

Literal Translation
And Moab greatly feared because of the people, for it was many. And Moab was vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and that the Moabites were sore afrayed of the people (yt was so greate) and that the Moabites stode in feare of the children of Israel,

American Standard Version
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Bible in Basic English
And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Moabites were sore afrayde of the people, because they were many, and they were stroken with feare of the chyldren of Israel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was overcome with dread because of the children of Israel.

King James Version (1611)
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many, and Moab was distressed, because of the children of Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved before the face of the children of Israel.

English Revised Version
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that men of Moab `hadden dred Israel, and miyten not bere the assailing of him.

Young's Literal Translation
and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it [is] numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,

Update Bible Version
And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the sons of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

World English Bible
Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

New King James Version
And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel.

New Living Translation
And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified.

New Life Bible
So Moab was filled with much fear because of the people, for they were many. Moab was very afraid of the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard
Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were so numerous; Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Moab shrank with great fear from the presence of the people because, many, they were, - and Moab was alarmed at the presence of the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault,

Revised Standard Version
And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many; Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

Contextual Overview

¹ After, the children of Israel departed & pitched in the plaine of Moab on the other side of Iorden from Iericho. ² Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ³ And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel. ⁴ Therfore Moab said vnto the Elders of Midian, Nowe shall this multitude licke vp all that are round about vs, as an oxe licketh vp ye grasse of the fielde: and Balak the sonne of Zippor was King of the Moabites at that time. ⁵ Hee sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor (which is by the riuer of the lande of the children of his folke) to call him, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lye ouer against me. ⁶ Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed. ⁷ And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, hauing the reward of the soothsaying in their hande, and they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balak. ⁸ Who answered them, Tary here this night, and I will giue you an answere, as the Lorde shall say vnto mee. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ⁹ Then God came vnto Balaam, and sayde, What men are these with thee? ¹⁰ And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 15:15, Deuteronomy 2:25, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:24, Joshua 9:24, Psalms 53:5, Isaiah 23:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 2:4 - they shall Nehemiah 2:10 - it grieved Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam Habakkuk 3:7 - saw the

Cross-References

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

Genesis 21:14
So Abraham arose vp early in ye morning, and tooke bread, and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the childe also, and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 22:3
Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp & went to the place, which God had tolde him.

Genesis 22:4
Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off,

Genesis 22:17
Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

Genesis 22:19
Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp & went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

Psalms 119:60
I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

Matthew 10:37
He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me. And he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

Luke 14:26
If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moab was sore afraid of the people,.... Lest they should enter into their country and do to them as they had done to Sihon and Og, and their countries; on this account the king of Moab, his nobles, and the people of the land, were in an exceeding great panic, which was a fulfilling of the prophecy of Moses in Exodus 15:15:

because they were many the number of them taken a little after in this place, where they now were, in the plains of Moab, even after 24,000 had died of the plague, was 601,730, Numbers 25:9:

and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel; though they had no reason for it, had they considered their relation to them, being the descendants of Abraham, the uncle of Lot, whose posterity they were; and that the Israelites had done them service in delivering them from such bad neighbours, who had taken much of their country from them, and were doubtless making continual encroachments on them; and especially had they known the orders the Israelites had from the Lord not to distress them, nor contend with them in battle, Deuteronomy 2:9, but this they were ignorant of, and being of a different religion from the Israelites, had them in abhorrence, or loathed them, as the word signifies; though the meaning rather seems to be, that they had a nausea, a loathing in their stomachs, and could not eat their food, because of the dread of the Israelites that was upon them; or they were weary of their lives, as Jarchi interprets it, and as the word is used,

Genesis 27:46.