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Numbers 11:23

Moses
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21 But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

22 If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

24 So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.

25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

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BSB
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Has the LORD’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah`s hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Hath Jehovah's hand become short? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “Is the arm of YHWH [too] short? Now you shall see if My word will come to pass, or not.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Moses: Er Herrens arm for kort? Nå skal du få se om det vil gå deg som jeg har sagt, eller ikke.
OTB
Herren sa til Moses: “Er det noen grense for Herrens makt? Nå skal du se om mitt ord vil bli oppfylt for deg eller ikke.”
B1930
Da sa Herren til Moses: Er Herrens arm for kort? Nu skal du få se om det vil gå dig som jeg har sagt, eller ikke.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 59:1

    Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

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  • Isaiah 50:2

    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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  • Genesis 18:14

    Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

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  • Luke 1:37

    For no word from God will ever fail.”

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  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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  • Matthew 19:26

    Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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  • Ezekiel 12:25

    because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”

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  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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