Numbers 11:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁹ But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ But Moses said to him, Are you envious or jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them! [Luke 9:49, 50.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah’s people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!

Common English Bible

²⁹ Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? If only all the LORD’s people were prophets with the LORD placing his spirit on them!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ But he said, "Why are you jealous on my behalf? Who decides that any of the people may prophesy and that God may give to them his Spirit?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ But he said: Why hast thou emulation for me? O that all the people might prophesy, and that the Lord would give them his spirit!

Numbers 11:29 Cross References

Joel 2:27

You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame.

Joel 3:1

“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Numbers 11:30

And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Luke 10:2

And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

1 Corinthians 14:5

Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.

1 Corinthians 3:21

So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours,

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?

James 5:9

Do not grumble, brethren, against one another, that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the doors.

1 Peter 2:1

So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.

1 Samuel 10:6

Then the spirit of the Lord will come mightily upon you, and you shall prophesy with them and be turned into another man.