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Bible in Basic English

The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord gives the command;
The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:

King James Version

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Holman Bible

The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:

International Standard Version

The Lord issues a command. Numerous are the women who announce the news:

A Conservative Version

LORD gave the word. Great [was] the company of those who published [it].

American Standard Version

The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

Amplified


The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan];
The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

Darby Translation

The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will give the word: to those announcing good news a great army.

King James 2000

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The Lord gives [the] word. Great is the company of women who announce:

Modern King James verseion

The Lord gave the Word; the bearers of it were a great army.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD gave the word; great was the company of the preachers.

NET Bible

The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.

New Heart English Bible

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

The Emphasized Bible

Let, My Lord, but give the word, The herald bands, will be a mighty host:

Webster

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

World English Bible

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

Youngs Literal Translation

The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host.

References

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

10 Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God. 11 The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public. 12 Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.

Cross References

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

Exodus 14:15

And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.

Exodus 17:9-16

And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

Judges 4:6-31

And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

1 Samuel 18:6

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

Psalm 40:3

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

Psalm 68:25

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Ephesians 4:11

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

Revelation 19:13

And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.

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