Numbers 14:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”

Numbers 14:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 14:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 14:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.””

Numbers 14:12 — World English Bible

Numbers 14:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. ”

Numbers 14:12 — American Standard Version

Numbers 14:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'”

Numbers 14:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 14:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. ”

Numbers 14:12 — Darby Translation

Numbers 14:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.”

Numbers 14:12 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 14:12 in Context — Numbers 14

10 But 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 unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

13 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over 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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What Does Numbers 14:12 Mean?

Numbers 14:12 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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