Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel strove with LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
New American Standard Bible
Those were the waters of
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,
International Standard Version
Because the Israelis argued with the LORD and he was set apart among them, this place was called the Meribah Springs.
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.
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Israel » Lack » Complaints » Meribah » Rock » Struck
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 20:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Miriam Dies
12 And LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Because ye did not believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them. 13 These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel strove with LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel, Thou know all the travail that has befallen us,
Cross References
Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the sons of Israel, and because they challenged LORD, saying, Is LORD among us, or not?
Psalm 95:8
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, as the day of trial in the wilderness,
Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy holy man, whom thou proved at Massah, with whom thou strove at the waters of Meribah,
Deuteronomy 32:51
because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because ye did not sanctify me in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Psalm 106:32-48
They also angered him at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses because of them,
Isaiah 5:16
but LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a sweet savor when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which ye have been scattered. And I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 36:23
And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them. And the nations shall know that I am LORD, says lord LORD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their ey
Ezekiel 38:16
And thou shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. It shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Go