Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.

King James Version

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Holman Bible

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and He showed His holiness to them.

International Standard Version

Because the Israelis argued with the LORD and he was set apart among them, this place was called the Meribah Springs.

A Conservative Version

These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel strove with LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

American Standard Version

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

Amplified

These are the waters of Meribah (contention, strife), where the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He showed Himself holy among them.

Bible in Basic English

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.

Darby Translation

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

Julia Smith Translation

These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them.

King James 2000

This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified among them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Those [were] the waters of Meribah, where the {Israelites} quarreled with Yahweh, and he showed himself holy among them.

Modern King James verseion

These are the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel fought with Jehovah, and He showed Himself holy among them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

This is the water of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified upon them.

NET Bible

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained among them.

New Heart English Bible

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

The Emphasized Bible

The same, were the waters of Meribah that is "Contention"in that the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh, - and so he hallowed himself among them.

Webster

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

World English Bible

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.

Youngs Literal Translation

These are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
This is
המּה הם 
hem 
Usage: 517

of Meribah
מריבה 
M@riybah 
Usage: 8

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
Usage: 66

with the Lord

Usage: 0

and he was sanctified
קדשׁ 
Qadash 
Usage: 171

Context Readings

Miriam Dies

12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13 Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them. 14 From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us;

Cross References

Exodus 17:7

He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Deuteronomy 33:8

Of Levi he said,
“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man,
Whom You proved at Massah,
With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

Deuteronomy 32:51

because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Psalm 106:32-48

They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Ezekiel 20:41

As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:23

I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

Ezekiel 38:16

and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

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