Numbers 20:13 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

These [are] waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have `striven` with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

English Amplified

These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and He showed His holiness among them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

These are the Waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and he demonstrated his holiness to them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

English EASY 2024

The place where this happened was called ‘Meribah’, because the Israelites quarrelled with the Lord there. But he showed them there that he was their holy God.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

This place was called the waters of Meribah. This is where the Israelites argued with the Lord and where the Lord showed them that he was holy.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

This happened at Meribah, where the people of Israel complained against the Lord and where he showed them that he is holy.

English God's Word - GW 1995

This was the oasis of Meribah Complaining, where the Israelites complained about the Lord and where he showed them he was holy.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness to them.

English KJV 1611

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Those were the waters of Meribah because the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh, and He proved Himself holy among them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

This is the water of Meribah because the Israelites argued with the Lord, and He was sanctified among them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites contended against the LORD, and where he revealed his sanctity among them.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Those were the waters of Meribah. That's where the people of Israel argued with the Lord. And that's where he showed them he is holy.

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he showed himself holy among them.

English NKJ 1982

This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.

This place was known as the waters of Meribah, because it was where the people of Israel argued with the LORD, and where he demonstrated his holiness among them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and by which he showed his holiness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel contended with the Lord, and he showed himself holy among them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

This place was named Meribah (meaning “Rebel Waters“), because it was where the people of Israel fought against Jehovah, and where he showed himself to be holy before them.

English Tyndale 1537

This is the water of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified upon them.