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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 14:20

And the Lord said, I haue pardoned, according to thy word.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pardon;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Spirituality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dispensations;   Gibeonites;   Numbers, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Moses;   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 - Atonement;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Hafá¹­arah;   Kol Nidre;   Seliḥah;   Sidra;  

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;
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.
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.
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 And the Lord said, I haue pardoned, according to thy word. 21 But as truly as I liue, all the earth shalbe filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 Because all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernesse, and haue tempted mee now these ten times, and haue not hearkened to my voice, 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware vnto their fathers, neither shall any of them that prouoked me, see it. 24 But my seruant Caleb, because hee had another spirit with him, (and hath followed mee fully) him will I bring into the land, whereinto he went, and his seed shall possesse it. 25 (Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley) to morrow turne you and get you into the wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea. 26 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I beare with this euil congregation which murmure against mee? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against mee. 28 Say vnto them, As truly as I liue, saith the Lord, as ye haue spoken in mine eares, so will I doe to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wildernesse, and all that were numbred of you, according to your whole number from twentie yeeres old and vpward, which haue murmured against mee,

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
And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
Genesis 14:3
All these were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim; which is the salt Sea.
Genesis 14:4
Twelue yeeres they serued Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims, in Ashteroth Karnaim, & the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim;
Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto El-Paran, which is by the wildernesse.
Genesis 14:9
With Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and Amraphel King of Shinar, and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure Kings with fiue.
Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodome went out to meete him, (after his returne from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the Kings that were with him) at the valley of Saueh, which is the Kings dale.
Genesis 14:19
And hee blessed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high God, possessour of heauen and earth,
Genesis 24:27
And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy, and his trueth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my masters brethren.
Genesis 28:22
And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.

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.


 
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