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Bible in Basic English

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

New American Standard Bible

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

King James Version

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

Holman Bible

Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

International Standard Version

Now the man Moses was very humble more than any person on earth.

A Conservative Version

Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.

American Standard Version

Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.

Amplified

(Now the man Moses was very humble (gentle, kind, devoid of self-righteousness), more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

Darby Translation

But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

And the man Moses greatly humble, more than all the men upon the face of the earth.

King James 2000

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the man, Moses, [was] more humble than any other person on the face of the earth,

Modern King James verseion

(Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all the men on the face of the earth.)

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But Moses was a very meek man, above all the men of the earth.

NET Bible

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

New Heart English Bible

Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly, - above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground.

Webster

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)

World English Bible

Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the man Moses is very humble, more than any of the men who are on the face of the ground.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

עניו ענו 
`anav 
Usage: 21

above all the men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Context Readings

Aaron And Miriam Murmur Against Moses

2 And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it. 3 Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth. 4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of meeting. And the three of them went out.

Cross References

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

Numbers 11:10-15

And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

Numbers 20:10-12

Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

Psalm 106:32-33

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

Psalm 147:6

The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

Matthew 5:5

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Matthew 21:5

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

2 Corinthians 11:5

For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

James 3:2-3

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

James 3:13

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

1 Peter 3:4

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

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