Numbers 20:13

In 11 translations

BSB

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.Meribah means quarreling; also in verse 24; see Exodus 17:7.

KJV

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.Meribah: that is, Strife

WEB

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.“Meribah” means “quarreling”.

ASV

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

LSV

These [are] the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have “striven” with YHWH, and He is sanctified among them.

YLT

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

DBY

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

DRC

This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

GNV

This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel stroue with the Lord, and hee was sanctified in them.

JPS

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.

LXXE

This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הֵ֚מָּה מֵ֣י מְרִיבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־רָב֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁ בָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ Ἀντιλογίας, ὅτι ἐλοιδορήθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἡγιάσθη ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
• Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
• Deuteronomy 33:8Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
• Deuteronomy 32:51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
• Psalms 106:32–48At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had…
• Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you…
• Ezekiel 20:41When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
• Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
• Ezekiel 36:23I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).