Numbers 32:23
What does Numbers 32:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 32:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if ye do not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and be sure your sin will find you out.
Context
v.22and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.
v.23This passage
v.24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 140:11
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Romans 2:9
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
- Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.
- Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
- Psalms 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
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