Numbers 14:17

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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,

Context of Numbers 14:17

15If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, 16‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’ 19In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

Numbers 14:17 word by word

וְעַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל־נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And now, I beseech thee, let the powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• of my Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• be greatגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• accordingכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• as thou hast spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 14:17

• Micah 3:8But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.
• Matthew 9:6But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat 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

Topics related to Numbers 14:17

• Intercession
• Israel
• Moses
• Prayer
• Unselfishness

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
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• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy
• Intercession

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