Numbers 21:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

ASV:

And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

BBE:

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.

DBY:

Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

ERV:

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much 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.

WBS:

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

WEB:

Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

YLT:

And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;

Numbers 21:6 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 8:15 "He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

Jeremiah 8:17 "For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you," declares the LORD.

1 Corinthians 10:9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

21:6 And the LORD sent {d} fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
(d) For they that were bitten by them were so inflamed by the poison of them, that they died.

WES:

21:6 Fiery serpents - There were many such in this wilderness, which having been hitherto restrained by God, are now let loose and sent among them. They are called fiery from their effects, because their poison caused an intolerable heat and burning and thirst, which was aggravated with this circumstance of the place, that here was no water, Num 21:5.

MHC:

21:4-9 The children of Israel were wearied by a long march round the land of Edom. They speak discontentedly of what God had done for them, and distrustfully of what he would do. What will they be pleased with, whom manna will not please? Let not the contempt which some cast on the word of God, make us value it less. It is the bread of life, substantial bread, and will nourish those who by faith feed upon it, to eternal life, whoever may call it light bread. We see the righteous judgment God brought upon them for murmuring. He sent fiery serpents among them, which bit or stung many to death. It is to be feared that they would not have owned the sin, if they had not felt the smart; but they relent under the rod. And God made a wonderful provision for their relief. The Jews themselves say it was not the sight of the brazen serpent that cured; but in looking up to it, they looked up to God as the Lord that healed them. There was much gospel in this. Our Saviour declared, Joh 3:14,15, that as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must be lifted up, that whatsoever believeth in him, should not perish. Compare their disease and ours. Sin bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder. Compare the application of their remedy and ours. They looked and lived, and we, if we believe, shall not perish. It is by faith that we look unto Jesus, Heb 12:2. Whosoever looked, however desperate his case, or feeble his sight, or distant his place, was certainly and perfectly cured. The Lord can relieve us from dangers and distresses, by means which human reason never would have devised. Oh that the venom of the old serpent, inflaming men's passions, and causing them to commit sins which end in their eternal destruction, were as sensibly felt, and the danger as plainly seen, as the Israelites felt pain from the bite of the fiery serpents, and feared the death which followed! Then none would shut their eyes to Christ, or turn from his gospel. Then a crucified Saviour would be so valued, that all things else would be accounted loss for him; then, without delay, and with earnestness and simplicity, all would apply to him in the appointed way, crying, Lord, save us; we perish! Nor would any abuse the freeness of Christ's salvation, while they reckoned the price which it cost him.

CONC:

Bit Bite Bites Burning Cause Death Die Died Fiery Israelites Numbers Poison-snakes Serpents Snakes

Bit Bite Bites Burning Cause Death Die Died Israel Israelites Numbers Poison-Snakes Serpents Snakes Venomous

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