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Numbers 14:15

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

KJV

quod occideris tantam multitudinem quasi unum hominem, et dicant :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκτρίψεις τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα, καὶ ἐροῦσιν τὰ ἔθνη ὅσοι ἀκηκόασιν τὸ ὄνομά σου λέγοντες

LXX

Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

ASV

וְ/הֵמַתָּ֛ה אֶת הָ/עָ֥ם הַ/זֶּ֖ה כְּ/אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וְ/אָֽמְרוּ֙ הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶֽת שִׁמְעֲ/ךָ֖ לֵ/אמֹֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שֵׁ֣מַע
shm'
noun · 18×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
  • Isa 48:11 — For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
  • Jer 14:9 — Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
  • Judg 6:16 — And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
  • Ps 90:16 — Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.