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Good News Translation

Numbers 14:19

And now, Lord , according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Unselfishness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pardon;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Sinners;   The Topic Concordance - Forgiveness;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forgiveness;   Intercession;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Compassion;   Hafṭarah;   Kol Nidre;   Machir;   Seliḥah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your lovingkindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Mitzrayim even until now.
King James Version
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Lexham English Bible
Please forgive the sin of this people according to the greatness of your loyal love, just as you forgave this people, from Egypt until now."
New Century Version
By your great love, forgive these people's sin, just as you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now."
New English Translation
Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now."
Amplified Bible
"Please pardon the wickedness and guilt of these people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You have forgiven these people, from Egypt even until now."
New American Standard Bible
"Please forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
Contemporary English Version
You are merciful, and you treat people better than they deserve. So please forgive these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
Please! Forgive the offense of this people according to the greatness of your grace, just as you have borne with this people from Egypt until now."
Darby Translation
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, show your great love to these people. Forgive their sin. Forgive them the same way you have been forgiving them since the time they left Egypt until now."
English Standard Version
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now."
George Lamsa Translation
Pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven them from Egypt even until now.
Christian Standard Bible®
Please 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.”
Literal Translation
I pray, forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your mercy, and as You have gone with this people from Egypt, even until now.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O be gracious now vnto the synne of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy, like as thou hast forborne this people also, euer from Egipte vnto this place.
American Standard Version
Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Bible in Basic English
May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be mercyfull I beseche thee vnto the sinne of this people accordyng vnto thy great mercy, as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egypt, euen vntyll nowe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'
King James Version (1611)
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquitie of this people, according vnto the greatnesse of thy mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people, from Egypt, euen vntill now.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favourable to them from Egypt until now.
English Revised Version
Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Berean Standard Bible
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
foryyue thou the synne of this thi puple, aftir the greetnesse of thi merci, as thou were merciful to men goynge out of Egipt `til to this place.
Young's Literal Translation
forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.'
Update Bible Version
Pardon, I pray you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving-kindness, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Webster's Bible Translation
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt, even until now.
World English Bible
Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your lovingkindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
New King James Version
Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
New Living Translation
In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
New Life Bible
I pray that You will forgive the sin of this people by the greatness of Your loving-kindness. Forgive them as You have forgiven them from Egypt until now."
New Revised Standard
Forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have pardoned this people, from Egypt even until now."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Pardon I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, According to the greatness of thy lovingkindness, - And according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even thus far.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy, as thou hast been merciful to them from their going out of Egypt unto this place.
Revised Standard Version
Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
THE MESSAGE
"Please forgive the wrongdoing of this people out of the extravagance of your loyal love just as all along, from the time they left Egypt, you have been forgiving this people."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

Contextual Overview

11 The Lord said to Moses, "How much longer will these people reject me? How much longer will they refuse to trust in me, even though I have performed so many miracles among them? 12 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!" 13 But Moses said to the Lord , "You brought these people out of Egypt by your power. When the Egyptians hear what you have done to your people, 14 they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, Lord , are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you kill all your people, the nations who have heard of your fame will say 16 that you killed your people in the wilderness because you were not able to bring them into the land you promised to give them. 17 So now, Lord , I pray, show us your power and do what you promised when you said, 18 ‘I, the Lord , am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.' 19 And now, Lord , according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pardon: Exodus 32:32, Exodus 34:9, 1 Kings 8:34, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:2, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:9, Daniel 9:19

according: Isaiah 55:7, Titus 3:4-7

and as thou: Exodus 32:10-14, Exodus 33:17, Psalms 78:38, Psalms 106:7, Psalms 106:8, Psalms 106:45, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, James 5:15, 1 John 5:14-16

until now: or, hitherto

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:13 - And Moses said unto the Lord Nehemiah 9:17 - a God Isaiah 63:7 - according to his Daniel 9:4 - the great Daniel 9:9 - To the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned around and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
Genesis 14:9
against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four.
Genesis 14:16
and got back all the loot that had been taken. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other prisoners.
Genesis 14:22
Abram answered, "I solemnly swear before the Lord , the Most High God, Maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:23
that I will not keep anything of yours, not even a thread or a sandal strap. Then you can never say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'
Genesis 27:4
Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."
Genesis 47:7
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
Genesis 47:10
Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.
Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people,

according unto the greatness of thy mercy,.... Intimating, that though the sin of this people was great, the mercy of God to pardon was greater; and therefore he entreats that God would deal with them, not according to the greatness of their sins, and the strictness of justice, but according to the greatness of his mercy, who would, and does, abundantly pardon;

and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now; which shows both that these people had been continually sinning against the Lord, ever since they came out of Egypt, notwithstanding the great goodness of God unto them, and that he had as constantly pardoned; and therefore it was hoped and entreated that he would still continue to pardon them, he being the same he ever was, and whose mercy and goodness endure for ever: he had pardoned already sins of the like kind since their coming out of Egypt, as their murmurings for bread in the wilderness of Sin, Exodus 16:1, and for water at Rephidim,

Exodus 17:1, and even a greater sin than these, idolatry, or the worship of the calf, Exodus 32:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people — From Numbers 14:13-19 inclusive we have the words of Moses's intercession; they need no explanation, they are full of simplicity and energy; his arguments with God (for be did reason and argue with his Maker) are pointed, cogent, and respectful; and while they show a heart full of humanity, they evidence the deepest concern for the glory of God. The argumentum ad hominem is here used in the most unexceptionable manner, and with the fullest effect.


 
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