Numbers 14:17

New American Standard Bible (1995)

"But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

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,

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

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,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst? ¹² "I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they." ¹³ But Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst, ¹⁴ and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ "Now if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, ¹⁶ 'Because the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.' ¹⁷ "But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,¹⁸ 'The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.' ¹⁹ "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."

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 came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

1 Samuel 18:6
It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.

2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to preserve my name." So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day.

Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even by his neighbor, But those who love the rich are many.

Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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.