Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Mouth to mouth I will speak to him, and in appearance and not in enigmas; and the portion of Jehovah shall he behold: and wherefore were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

New American Standard Bible

With him I speak mouth to mouth,
Even openly, and not in dark sayings,
And he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant, against Moses?”

King James Version

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Holman Bible

I speak with him directly,
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.


So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

International Standard Version

I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren't you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

A Conservative Version

With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches, and he shall behold the form of LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

American Standard Version

with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

Amplified


“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],
Clearly and openly and not in riddles;
And he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Bible in Basic English

With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

Darby Translation

Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

King James 2000

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark sayings; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will speak to him mouth to mouth, [in] clearness, not in riddles; and he will look at the form of Yahweh. Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

Modern King James verseion

I will speak with him mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark speeches. And he shall behold the likeness of Jehovah. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

NET Bible

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

New Heart English Bible

With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

The Emphasized Bible

Mouth to mouth, do I speak with him And plainly - not in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh, doth he discern, - Wherefore then, were ye not afraid to speak against my servant - against Moses?

Webster

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

World English Bible

With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

Youngs Literal Translation

mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
With him will I speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

מראה 
Mar'eh 
Usage: 104

and not in dark speeches
חידה 
Chiydah 
Usage: 17

and the similitude
תּמנה תּמוּנה 
T@muwnah 
Usage: 10

of the Lord

Usage: 0

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

to speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

Context Readings

Aaron And Miriam Murmur Against Moses

7 Not so my servant Moses; he was faithful in all my house. 8 Mouth to mouth I will speak to him, and in appearance and not in enigmas; and the portion of Jehovah shall he behold: and wherefore were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? 9 And the anger of Jehovah will kindle against them; and he will go.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:10

And there arose not any more a prophet in Israel as Moses, whom Jehovah knew him face to face.

Exodus 24:10-11

And they will see the God of Israel: and under his feet as the work of the whiteness of sapphire, and as the body of the heavens for cleanness.

Exodus 33:11

And Jehovah spake to Moses face to face, as a man will speak to his friend. And he turned back to the camp; and his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from the midst of the tent.

Exodus 33:23

And I turned aside my hand, and thou sawest behind me: and they shall not see my face.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my enigma upon the harp.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see by a mirror in an enigma; then face to face: now I know by parts; and then shall I know as I was known.

Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not make to thee a carved image, and every appearance that is in the heavens above, and that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth.

Exodus 33:19

And he will say, I will cause all my good to pass by before thee, and I called upon the name of Jehovah before thee; and I compassionated whom I will compassionate, and I pitied whom I will pity.

Exodus 34:5-7

And Jehovah will come down in a cloud, and he will stand with him there, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

Exodus 34:30

And Aaron and all the sons of Israel will see Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone; and they will fear coming near to him.

Numbers 14:14

And they will say to those dwelling upon this land; they heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people who wert seen eye to eye; thou Jehovah and thy cloud stood over them, and in a pillar of cloud thou goest before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 4:15

And watch ye greatly to your souls, for ye saw not any appearance in the day Jehovoh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

Psalm 17:15

I in justice shall see thy face: I shall be satisfied in awaking with thine appearance.

Isaiah 40:18

And to whom will ye liken God? what likeness will ye compare to him?

Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me and make equal? and compare me and we shall be like?

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?

Matthew 13:35

So that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up; saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things having been hid from the foundation of the world.

Luke 10:16

He hearing you hears me and he rejecting you rejects me; and he rejecting me rejects him having sent me.

John 1:18

None has seen God at any time; the only born Son, he being in the bosom of the Father, he has declared.

John 14:7-10

If ye had known me, ye had also known my Father: and from now ye know, and have seen him.

John 15:15

I no more call you servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: and I have called you friends; for all which I heard of my Father I made known to you.

John 15:24

If I did not the works in them which none other has done, they had not sin: and now have they also seen and hated also me and my Father.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:4-6

In whom the God of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

Colossians 1:15

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:

1 Thessalonians 4:8

For surely therefore he despising, despises not man, but God, he also giving his holy Spirit for us.

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only having immortality, inhabiting inaccessible light; which none of men saw, nor can see; to whom honour and might forever. Amen.

Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of glory, and the figure of his foundation, and bearing all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty among the highest ones;

2 Peter 2:10

And chiefly them going after the flesh in eager desire of defilement, and despising dominion. Self-sufficient, rash men, they tremble not, defaming glories.

Jude 1:8

And likewise indeed these dreaming truly defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and defame glories.

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