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Numbers 12:3
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KJ21
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)
ASV
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
AMP
(Now the man Moses was very humble (gentle, kind, devoid of self-righteousness), more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)
AMPC
Now the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth.
BRG
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
CSB
Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.
CSBA
Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.
CEB
Now the man Moses was humble, more so than anyone on earth.
CJB
Now this man Moshe was very humble, more so than anyone on earth.
CEV
Although Moses was the most humble person in all the world, Miriam and Aaron started complaining, “Moses had no right to marry that woman from Ethiopia! Who does he think he is? The Lord has spoken to us, not just to him.” The Lord heard their complaint
DARBY
But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
DRA
(For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
ERV
(Moses was a very humble man. He was more humble than any other man on earth.)
EASY
Moses was a very humble man. He was the most humble person in the whole world.
EHV
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
ESV
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.
ESVUK
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.
EXB
(Now Moses was very ·humble [or devout]. He was the ·least proud [L most humble; or most devout] person on earth.)
GNV
(But Moses was a very meek man above all the men that were upon the earth.)
GW
(Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)
GNT
( Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)
HCSB
Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
ICB
(Now Moses was very humble. He was the least proud person on earth.)
ISV
Now the man Moses was very humble—more than any person on earth.
JUB
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
KJV
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
AKJV
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
LSB
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)
LEB
Now the man, Moses, was more humble than any other person on the face of the earth,
TLB
Immediately he summoned Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to the Tabernacle: “Come here, you three,” he commanded. So they stood before the Lord. (Now Moses was the humblest man on earth.)
MSG
Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth. God broke in suddenly on Moses and Aaron and Miriam saying, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” The three went out. God descended in a Pillar of Cloud and stood at the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out, he said, Listen carefully to what I’m telling you. If there is a prophet of God among you, I make myself known to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But I don’t do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house; I speak to him intimately, in person, in plain talk without riddles: He ponders the very form of God. So why did you show no reverence or respect in speaking against my servant, against Moses?
MEV
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men on the face of the earth.)
NOG
(Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)
NABRE
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than anyone else on earth.
NASB
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.)
NASB1995
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)
NCB
Now Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else upon the face of the earth.
NCV
(Now Moses was very humble. He was the least proud person on earth.)
NET
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
NIRV
Moses was a very humble man. In fact, he was more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.
NIV
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
NIVUK
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
NKJV
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
NLV
Now Moses was a man with no pride, more so than any man on the earth.
NLT
(Now Moses was very humble—more humble than any other person on earth.)
NRSVA
Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
NRSVACE
Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
NRSVCE
Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
NRSVUE
Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
OJB
(Now the man Moshe was anav me’od, above all the men which were upon the face of ha’adamah.)
RGT
Now, Moses was a very humble man, above all the men who were upon the Earth.
RSV
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth.
RSVCE
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth.
TLV
Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.
VOICE
For his part, Moses was a uniquely humble fellow, more humble than anyone in the entire world.
WEB
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
WYC
for Moses was the mildest man, over all men that dwelled in earth. (for Moses was the humblest man, more humble than any other man who lived upon the face of the earth.)
YLT
And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.
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