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Numbers 21:6
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KJ21
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
ASV
And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
AMP
Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.
AMPC
Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.
BRG
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
CSB
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
CSBA
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
CEB
So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died.
CJB
(LY: vi) In response, Adonai sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit the people, and many of Isra’el’s people died.
CEV
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.
DARBY
Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
DRA
Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.
ERV
So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people. The snakes bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
EASY
Then the Lord sent snakes among the people. They bit the people and many of the Israelites died.
EHV
The Lord sent venomous snakes among the people, and the snakes bit the people. As a result many people from Israel died.
ESV
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
ESVUK
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
EXB
So the Lord sent them ·poisonous [L burning] snakes; they bit the people, and many of the ·Israelites [L people from Israel] died.
GNV
Wherefore the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which stung the people: so that many of the people of Israel died.
GW
So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
GNT
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died.
HCSB
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
ICB
So the Lord sent them poisonous snakes. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
ISV
In response, the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.
JUB
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
KJV
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
AKJV
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
LSB
So Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people so that many people of Israel died.
LEB
And Yahweh sent among the people poisonous snakes; they bit the people, and many people from Israel died.
TLB
So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among them to punish them, and many of them were bitten and died.
MSG
So God sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit them and many in Israel died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke out against God and you. Pray to God; ask him to take these snakes from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
MEV
So the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many children of Israel died.
NOG
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
NABRE
So the Lord sent among the people seraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of the Israelites died.
NASB
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
NASB1995
The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
NCB
The Lord sent seraph serpents among the people. They bit the people, and many of the people of Israel died.
NCV
So the Lord sent them poisonous snakes; they bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
NET
So the Lord sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.
NIRV
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the Israelites. The snakes bit them. Many of the people died.
NIV
Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
NIVUK
Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
NKJV
So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
NLV
Then the Lord sent snakes with a bite of poison among the people. They bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
NLT
So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.
NRSVA
Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
NRSVACE
Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
NRSVCE
Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
NRSVUE
Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
OJB
And Hashem sent fiery nechashim among the people, and they bit the people; and Am rav miYisroel died.
RGT
Therefore the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people, so that many of the people of Israel died.
RSV
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
RSVCE
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
TLV
So Adonai sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people and many of the people of Israel died.
VOICE
As a divine response, the Eternal One sent venomous snakes among them and the people were bitten. A number of Israelites were indeed killed by them.
WEB
Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
WYC
Wherefore the Lord sent fired serpents/fiery adders into the people; at the wounds of which serpents, and (after) the deaths of full many men, (And so the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people; and they bit many of them, and after many people had died,)
YLT
And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;
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