Numbers 20:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} lifted up{H7311} his hand,{H3027} and smote{H5221} the rock{H5553} with his rod{H4294} twice:{H6471} and water{H4325} came forth{H3318} abundantly,{H7227} and the congregation{H5712} drank,{H8354} and their cattle.{H1165}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} lifted up{H7311}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027}, and with his rod{H4294} he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the rock{H5553} twice{H6471}: and the water{H4325} came out{H3318}{(H8799)} abundantly{H7227}, and the congregation{H5712} drank{H8354}{(H8799)}, and their beasts{H1165} also.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Moses lifte vp his hade with his staffe and smote the rocke.ij. tymes and the water came out abundantly and the multitude dranke and their beesse also.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Moses lift vp his hande, & smote ye rocke wt the staffe two tymes. Then came ye water out abudantly, so yt the cogregacion dranke, and their catell also.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Moyses lyft vp his hande, and with his rodde he smote the rocke two tymes, and the water came out aboundauntly, and the multitude dranke, and their beastes also.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
  • Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  • Num 20:8 : 8 "Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their livestock."
  • Deut 8:15 : 15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
  • 1 Sam 15:19 : 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 1 Kgs 13:21-24 : 21 And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, 22 But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.
  • 1 Chr 13:9-9 : 9 And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him, because he put his hand on the ark, and there he died before God.
  • 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you did not do it at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for we did not seek Him after the due order.
  • Ps 78:16 : 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
  • Hos 13:5 : 5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
  • Lev 10:1 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.
  • Jas 1:20 : 20 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:7-10
    4 verses
    86%

    7 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    8 "Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their livestock."

    9 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.

    10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; must we bring water for you out of this rock?"

  • Exod 17:1-7
    7 verses
    85%

    1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following their travels, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

    2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

    3 And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    4 And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

    5 And the LORD said to Moses, Go ahead of the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.

    6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

  • Ps 78:20
    80%

    20 Behold, he struck the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • Ps 78:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as from the great depths.

    16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • Isa 48:21
    78%

    21 And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Ps 105:41
    76%

    41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  • Num 20:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."

    13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.

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    76%

    2 And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

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    75%

    8 Who turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

  • Exod 7:19-20
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    74%

    19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

    20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

  • Num 21:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

    17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:

  • Exod 15:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

    25 And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,

  • Num 27:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 For you rebelled against my command in the desert of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: this is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

    15 And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • Deut 8:15
    72%

    15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;

  • 1 Cor 10:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

    5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

  • Exod 14:16
    71%

    16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

  • Ps 106:32
    71%

    32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went badly with Moses for their sakes;

  • Num 14:11
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    11 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

  • Exod 15:22
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    22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

  • Neh 9:15
    70%

    15 You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

  • Exod 2:17
    70%

    17 And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.

  • Exod 16:2
    70%

    2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  • Num 20:4
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    4 And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?

  • Exod 7:24
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    24 And all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

  • Exod 4:9
    69%

    9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

  • Num 20:24
    69%

    24 "Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.

  • Ps 78:44
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    44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink.

  • Exod 14:26
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    26 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

  • Num 17:11
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    11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so he did.

  • Exod 32:11
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    11 Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

  • Exod 9:23
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    23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran along the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • Num 17:9
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    9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and each man took his rod.