Numbers 14:17

The NET Bible®

So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said,

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:

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,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them? ¹² I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!" ¹³ Moses said to the Lord , "When the Egyptians hear it—for you brought up this people by your power from among them— ¹⁴ then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord , are among this people, that you, Lord , are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say, ¹⁶ ‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.' ¹⁷ So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said, ¹⁸ ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.' ¹⁹ 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."

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 home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

1 Samuel 18:6
When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.

2 Samuel 18:18
Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King's Valley, reasoning "I have no son who will carry on my name." He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Memorial.

Proverbs 14:20
A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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

Hebrews 7:1
Now this Melchizedek , king of Salem , priest of the most high God , met Abraham as he was returning from defeating 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.