Numbers 22:3 “and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indee…”

Numbers 22:3

and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

World English Bible

Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

American Standard Version

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it [is] numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,

Bible in Basic English

And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

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Cross references

“And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.”

Exodus 15:15 Isaiah 23:5 Deuteronomy 2:25 Joshua 2:24 Joshua 9:24 Psalm 53:5

Exodus 15:15 · BSB

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Isaiah 23:5 · BSB

When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

Deuteronomy 2:25 · BSB

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.”

Joshua 2:24 · BSB

“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.”

Joshua 9:24 · BSB

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 be…

Psalm 53:5 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

4So 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,

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