Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, 'Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.' 13 These are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them. 14 And Moses sendeth messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, 'Thus said thy brother Israel, Thou -- thou hast known all the travail which hath found us;

Cross References

Exodus 17:7

and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the 'strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their 'trying' Jehovah, saying, 'Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

Psalm 95:8

Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said: -- Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him 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 Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Psalm 106:32-48

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

Isaiah 5:16

And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,

Ezekiel 20:41

With sweet fragrance I do accept you, In My bringing you out from the peoples, And I have assembled you from the lands In which ye have been scattered, And I have been sanctified in you Before the eyes of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:23

And I have sanctified My great name, That is profaned among nations, That ye have polluted in your midst, And known have the nations that I am Jehovah, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In My being sanctified in you before your eyes.

Ezekiel 38:16

And thou hast come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, In the latter end of the days it is, And I have brought thee in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in thee before their eyes, O Gog.

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