Numbers 22:3

New Living Translation

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

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children 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 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 Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ² Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, had seen everything the Israelites did to the Amorites. ³ And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified. ⁴ The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!" So Balak, king of Moab, ⁵ sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. His message said: "Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me. ⁶ Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse." ⁷ Balak's messengers, who were elders of Moab and Midian, set out with money to pay Balaam to place a curse upon Israel. They went to Balaam and delivered Balak's message to him. ⁸ "Stay here overnight," Balaam said. "In the morning I will tell you whatever the Lord directs me to say." So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam. ⁹ That night God came to Balaam and asked him, "Who are these men visiting you?" ¹⁰ Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:

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
On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.

Genesis 21:14
So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 22:3
The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

Genesis 22:4
On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Genesis 22:17
I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 22:19
Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.

Psalms 119:60
I will hurry, without delay, to obey your commands.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Matthew 10:37
"If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.

Luke 14:26
"If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot 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.