Numbers 14:12
“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherite them, and will make of thee a greater nation, and mightier then they.”
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Numbers 14:12 Context
10But all the Congregation bade stone them with stones: and the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel. 11¶ And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it bee, yer they beleeue me, for all the signes which I haue shewed among them? 12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherite them, and will make of thee a greater nation, and mightier then they. 13¶ And Moses said vnto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest vp this people in thy might from among them:) 14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they haue heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seene face to face, and that thy cloud standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
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Other Translations for Numbers 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
- King James Version
"I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
- Basic English Bible
I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
- Darby Bible
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
- Webster's Bible
I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
- World English Bible
I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 14:12
14:12 I will smite them - This was not an absolute determination, but a commination, like that of Nineveh's destruction, with a condition implied, except there be speedy repentance, or powerful intercession.