Numbers 22:3
1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
2 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
5 he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
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- ÅB
- da ble Moab meget redd for folket, fordi det var så tallrikt, og de grudde for Israels barn.
- OTB
- Moab ble svært redd for folket, for de var mange; Moab ble fylt med frykt på grunn av israelittene.
- B1930
- da blev Moab meget redd for folket, fordi det var så tallrikt, og de grudde for Israels barn.
- BSB
- and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
- KJV
- And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- WEB
- Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- ASV
- And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- DARBY
- And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- BLB
- and Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people, because [they] were numerous. And Moab was sick with dread because of the sons of Israel.
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Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 23:5
When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
Les i sammenhengJoshua 9:24
The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
Les i sammenhengJoshua 2:10–11
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Les i sammenhengDeuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
Les i sammenhengJoshua 2:24
“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
Les i sammenhengPsalms 53:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
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