| Numbers 25:17 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | "Treat the Midianites as your enemies, and kill them(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Vex the Midianites, and smite them: |
| ASV: | Vex the Midianites, and smite them; |
| BBE: | Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them; |
| DBY: | Harass the Midianites, and smite them, |
| ERV: | Vex the Midianites, and smite them: |
| JPS: | Harass the Midianites, and smite them; |
| WBS: | Distress the Midianites, and smite them: |
| WEB: | "Harass the Midianites, and strike them; |
| YLT: | 'Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them, |
| Numbers 25:17 Cross References |
| XREF: | Numbers 22:4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Numbers 25:1 While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
Numbers 31:1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 25:17 The Midianites - And why not the Moabites. It is probable the Midianites were most guilty, as in persuading Balak to send for Balaam, Nu 22:4,7. So in the reception of Balaam after Balak had dismissed him, Nu 31:8, and in farther consultation with him, and in contriving the means for the executing of this wicked plot. |
| MHC: | 25:16-18 We read not that any Midianites died of the plague; God punished them with the sword of an enemy, not with the rod of a father. We must set ourselves against whatever is an occasion of sin to us, Mt 5:29,30. Whatever draws us to sin, should be a vexation to us, as a thorn in the flesh. And none will be more surely and severely punished than those who, after Satan's example, and with his subtlety, tempt others to sin. |
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