Numbers 14:17

Young's Literal Translation

`And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:

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,

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 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst? <sup>12</sup> I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.' <sup>13</sup> And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst, ¹⁴ and they have said [it] unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, [art] in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen -- O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, -- and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ `And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying, <sup>16</sup> From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness. <sup>17</sup> `And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying: ¹⁸ Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third [generation], and on a fourth; -- ¹⁹ 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.'

Bible Verse Review
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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
And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

1 Samuel 18:6
And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing -- also the dancers -- to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;

2 Samuel 18:18
And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the king's valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom' unto this day.

Proverbs 14:20
Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.

Proverbs 19:4
Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless 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.