Numbers 11:2
What does Numbers 11:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 11:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah — and the fire abated.
Context
v.1And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
v.2This passage
v.3And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 37:3
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.
- Genesis 18:23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
- James 5:16
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
- Isaiah 37:4
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
- Numbers 16:45
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
- 1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
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