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.”
Numbers 14:12 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
- DARBYDarby
- I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- I will strike them with a plague and disinherit them, and I will make you into a greater nation, mightier than they."
Context: Numbers 14
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.
11And 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?
12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
14And 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.
About Numbers 14: The Israelites Rebel and are Condemned to Wander in the Wilderness
The Israelites rebel against God's command to enter the land of Canaan, and as a punishment, they will wander in the wilderness for forty years.
Commentary
In Numbers 14, the Israelites are in the wilderness and have just heard a report from the twelve spies that they sent out to scout the land of Canaan. Ten of the spies have returned with a negative report, saying that the land is too difficult to conquer. The people become discouraged and begin to grumble against Moses and Aaron, and even suggest that they should return to Egypt.