The Bronze Serpent
Numbers 21:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
- KJV
- And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- WEB
- Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
- ASV
- And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- LSV
- And YHWH sends the burning serpents among the people, and they bite the people, and many people of Israel die;
- YLT
- And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;
- DBY
- Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- DRC
- Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.
- GNV
- Wherefore the Lord sent fierie serpents among ye people, which stung the people: so that many of the people of Israel died.
- JPS
- And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- LXXE
- And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה בָּעָ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיָּ֥מָת עַם־רָ֖ב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριος εἰς τὸν λαὸν τοὺς ὄφεις τοὺς θανατοῦντας, καὶ ἔδακνον τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἀπέθανε λαὸς πολὺς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 9:3–4Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. Though they are driven by their…
- Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the…
- Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Genesis 3:14–15So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. And I will…
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