Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people. And many people of Israel died.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

King James Version

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Holman Bible

Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.

International Standard Version

In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.

A Conservative Version

And LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Amplified

Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.

Bible in Basic English

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.

Darby Translation

Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will send upon the people deadly serpents, and they will bite the people; and much people will die from Israel

King James 2000

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh sent among the people poisonous snakes; they bit the people, and many people from Israel died.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, which stung them: so that much people died in Israel.

NET Bible

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

The Emphasized Bible

And Yahweh sent among the people the poisonous serpents, and they bit the people, - and much people out of Israel died.

Webster

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

World English Bible

Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

שׂרף 
Saraph 
Usage: 7

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 31

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and they bit
נשׁך 
Nashak 
Usage: 16

the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and much
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Context Readings

The Bronze Snake

5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water. And our soul hates this light bread. 6 And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people. And many people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah and against you. Pray to Jehovah that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground, where there was no water, who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint,

Jeremiah 8:17

For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted Him and were destroyed by serpents.

Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod of your striking is broken. For a viper comes forth from the root of a snake, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 30:6

The burden concerning the beasts of the south. Into the land of trouble and woe. The lioness and the lion are from them; the viper, and the fiery flying serpent. They carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit.

Genesis 3:14-15

And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Amos 9:3-4

And if they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And if they are hidden from My sight in the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and he shall bite them.

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