Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated 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.
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.
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 Jehovah will say to Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to consecrate me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, for this, ye shall not bring in this gathering to the land which I gave to them. 13 These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them. 14 And Moses will send messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said thy brother Israel, Thou knewest all the distress which found us:
Cross References
Exodus 17:7
And he will call the name of the place, Temptation, and Strife, for the contention of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?
Psalm 95:8
Ye shall not harden your heart as the strife, as the day of trial in the desert:
Deuteronomy 33:8
And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention.
Deuteronomy 32:51
Because ye acted treacherously against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of contradiction, of Kadesh in the desert Zin; because. ye consecrated me not in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Psalm 106:32-48
And they will anger him at the water of strife, and it will be evil to Moses on account of them:
Isaiah 5:16
And Jehovah of armies shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God consecrated in justice.
Ezekiel 20:41
With the odor of sweetness I will receive you into favor in my bringing you forth from the peoples, and I gathered you from the lands where ye were scattered in them; and I was consecrated in you before the eyes of the nations.
Ezekiel 36:23
And I consecrated my great name, being profaned among the nations which ye profaned, in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, in my being consecrated among you before your eyes.
Ezekiel 38:16
And coming up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the last of the days, and brought thee forth against my land, for the nations to know me in my being consecrated in thee before their eyes, O Gog.