New English Translation
Numbers 14:17
17So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said,
Numbers 14:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)“Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared:
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
Context of Numbers 14:17
15If 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.’ 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.’ 19Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”
Read all of Numbers 14Numbers 14:17 word by word
וְעַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל־נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 14:17
- Micah 3:8But I am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.
- Matthew 9:6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
Commentaries on Numbers 14:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Moses had used this argument before when he asked for forgiveness for Israel's rebellion (Exodus 32:10–14). Moses knew God would still punish the Israelites (Deuteronomy 7:9–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. let the power of my Lord be great--be magnified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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