Numbers 17:12

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“Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!”

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BSBPD

“Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 17:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
  2. Numbers 26:11However, the line of Korah did not die out.
  3. Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
  4. Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
  5. Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  6. Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  7. Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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