Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.
Numbers 20:13 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them. American Standard Version (1901) These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them. Common English Bible These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites confronted the LORD with controversy and he showed his holiness to them. Catholic Public Domain Version This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord and he was sanctified in them. |
Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify in thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hear to me;
Ye shall not harden your heart as the strife, as the day of trial in the desert:
And he will call the name of the place, Temptation, and Strife, for the contention of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?
And Jehovah of armies shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God consecrated in justice.
With the odor of sweetness I will receive you into favor in my bringing you forth from the peoples, and I gathered you from the lands where ye were scattered in them; and I was consecrated in you before the eyes of the nations.
And I consecrated my great name, being profaned among the nations which ye profaned, in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, in my being consecrated among you before your eyes.
And coming up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the last of the days, and brought thee forth against my land, for the nations to know me in my being consecrated in thee before their eyes, O Gog.
Because ye acted treacherously against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of contradiction, of Kadesh in the desert Zin; because. ye consecrated me not in the midst of the sons of Israel.
And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention.