Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost! New Living Translation Then the people of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we are doomed! We are dead! We are ruined! English Standard Version And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Berean Standard Bible Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! King James Bible And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. New King James Version So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish! New American Standard Bible Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we are passing away, we are perishing, we are all perishing! NASB 1995 Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! NASB 1977 Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! Legacy Standard Bible Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we are breathing our last breath, we are perishing, we are all perishing! Amplified Bible The sons of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed! Christian Standard Bible Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost! Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost! American Standard Version And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the children of Israel said to Moshe: “Behold, we are finished and we are destroyed and we all are ended. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. Contemporary English Version The Israelites cried out to Moses, "We're done for Douay-Rheims Bible And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish. English Revised Version And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Israelites said to Moses, "Now we're going to die! We're lost! We're all lost! Good News Translation The people of Israel said to Moses, "Then that's the end of us! International Standard Version Then the Israelis told Moses, "We're sure to die! We're all going to perish—all of us! JPS Tanakh 1917 And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Literal Standard Version And the sons of Israel speak to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished! Majority Standard Bible Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! New American Bible Then the Israelites exclaimed to Moses, “We will perish; we are lost, we are all lost! NET Bible The Israelites said to Moses, "We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish! New Revised Standard Version The Israelites said to Moses, “We are perishing; we are lost, all of us are lost! New Heart English Bible The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Look, we perish. We are undone. We are all undone. Webster's Bible Translation And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. World English Bible The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone! Young's Literal Translation And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished; Additional Translations ... Context Aaron's Staff Buds…11So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. 12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! 13Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”… Cross References Numbers 17:11 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: "Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts." Treasury of Scripture And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. behold Numbers 26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. Psalm 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. we die. Jump to Previous Children Destruction Die Dying Evil Expire Expired Israel Israelites Lost Moses Overtaken Perish Perished UndoneJump to Next Children Destruction Die Dying Evil Expire Expired Israel Israelites Lost Moses Overtaken Perish Perished UndoneNumbers 17 1. Aaron's rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only flourishes10. It is left for a monument against the rebels (12, 13) And the children of Israel spake unto Moses . . . --The special manifestations of Divine power which the Israelites had witnessed excited within them salutary emotions of awe and of anxious apprehension, but do not seem to have awakened within them any corresponding sense of gratitude either for their deliverance from the plague, or for the privileges which they enjoyed by reason of the Divine presence amongst them. The true answer to their inquiry whether they were doomed utterly to perish is contained in the following chapter, in which the priesthood of Christ is typically set forth as bearing the iniquity of the sanctuary, and thus making reconciliation for the sins and securing the acceptance of the imperfect service of His people. Verse 12. - And the children of Israel spake unto Moses. It is a mistake to unite these verses specially with the following chapter, for they clearly belong to the story of Korah's rebellion, although not particularly connected with the miracle of the rod. These are the last wailings of the great storm which had raged against Moses and Aaron, which had roared so loudly and angrily at its height, which was now sobbing itself out in the petulant despair of defeated and disheartened men, cowed indeed, but not convinced, fearful to offend, yet not loving to obey. |