Numbers 12:3
1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
- KJV
- (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
- WEB
- Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
- ASV
- Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
- DARBY
- But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
- BLB
- And the man Moses [was] very humble, more than all men who [were] on the face of the earth.
- ÅB
- Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.
- OTB
- (Moses var en meget ydmyk mann, mer enn noen annen på jordens overflate.)
- B1930
- Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Read in contextJames 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Read in contextMatthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:5
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
Read in contextPsalms 106:32–33
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Read in contextNumbers 20:10–12
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Read in context1 Peter 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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