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Numbers 17:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
KJV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
WEB
The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
ASV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
LSV
And the sons of Israel speak to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished!
YLT
And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;
DBY
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
DRC
And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
GNV
And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost:
JPS17:27
And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
LXXE17:27
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads אָבַֽדְנוּ׃; Leningrad Codex and Aleppo Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia reads אָבָֽדְנוּ׃ (“we will perish”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC17:27
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֥ן גָּוַ֛עְנוּ אָבַ֖דְנוּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ׃KJV:Num.17.12
LXX-Br17:27
Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ἐξανηλώμεθα, ἀπολώλαμεν, παρανηλώμεθα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 26:11However, the line of Korah did not die out.
  • Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
  • Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  • Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
  • Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  • Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

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  • 17:27 in some Bibles
  • 17:12 in most Bibles

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