Numbers 16:28
What does Numbers 16:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that <FI>they are<Fi> not from my own heart;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that you see, and that I have not forged them of my own head:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:
Context
v.27So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
v.28This passage
v.29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- Jeremiah 23:16
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 13:17
And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
- John 5:36
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
- John 11:42
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.
- Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?
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