Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken. For from the serpent’s root comes a viper and its fruit will be a flying serpent.
Numbers 21:6 - Tree of Life Version So Adonai sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people and many of the people of Israel died. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Common English Bible So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which wounded or killed many of them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them. |
Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken. For from the serpent’s root comes a viper and its fruit will be a flying serpent.
The burden concerning the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and anguish, in which are lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, they are carrying their riches on the backs of young donkeys, their treasures on camel humps, to a people who cannot profit them.
“For I am about to send serpents on you, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land and they ravage it and make it a wasteland, so that no one would pass through because of the beasts,
And let’s not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were destroyed by serpents.
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness—fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought forth water for you from the flinty rock.