Numbers 17:12

New English Translation

¹²The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die!^[a] We perish, we all perish!

Numbers 17:12 tn The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to die—it was certain (see GKC 312-13 §106.n).

Numbers 17:12

New International Version

¹²The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!^(A)

¹²And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

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