Parallel Verses
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 American Standard Bible
Even openly, and not in dark sayings,
And he beholds
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
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?
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?
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?"
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?'
Themes
Ambition » Instances of » Aaron and miriam
Christian ministers » Instances of » Aaron
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Miriam and aaron
Communion » Instances of » moses
Envy » Instances of » Miriam and aaron, of moses
Forgiveness » Instances of » Moses forgives the israelites
Friendship » General references to » Divine (of God)
God » Christ's » Friendship of
Leprosy » Sent as a judgment on » miriam
Prophets » God communicated to » By an audible voice
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Aaron And Miriam Murmur Against Moses
7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. 8 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?" 9 The anger of the Lord burned against them, and he departed.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 34:10
No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face.
Exodus 24:10-11
and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.
Exodus 33:11
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.
Exodus 33:23
Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen."
Psalm 49:4
I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
Exodus 33:19
And the Lord said, "I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy."
Exodus 34:5-7
The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.
Exodus 34:30
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.
Numbers 14:14
then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.
Deuteronomy 4:15
Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.
Psalm 17:15
As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
Isaiah 46:5
To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"
Matthew 13:35
This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."
Luke 10:16
"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
John 14:7-10
If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him."
John 15:15
I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
John 15:24
If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Timothy 6:16
He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
2 Peter 2:10
especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
Jude 1:8
Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.