Numbers 11 · Verse 15

Numbers 11:15

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers 11:15, King James Version

Numbers 11:15 in other translations

BSBIf this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
WEBIf you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”
ASVAnd if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
YLTand if thus Thou art doing to me--slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'
DARBYAnd if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
BBEIf this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
WebsterAnd if thou dealest thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

What does Numbers 11:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:10-15

10-15. Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant, &c.--It is impossible not to sympathize with his feelings although the tone and language of his remonstrances to God cannot be justified. He was in a most distressing situation--having a mighty multitude under his care, with no means of satisfying their clamorous demands. Their conduct shows how deeply they had been debased and demoralized…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:10-15

The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine wisdom to direct him, and Almighty power to dispense rewards and punishments. He speaks distrustfully of the Divine grace. Had the work been much less he could not have gone through it in his own strength; but had it been…

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Numbers 11:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
כָּ֣כָה\׀Ka.khahthusH3602
אַתְּ\־'at-youH859
עֹ֣שֶׂה'O.seh[are] doingH6213
לִּ֗יLito <the> me
הָרְגֵ֤נִיha.re.Ge.nikill meH2026
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
הָרֹ֔גha.Rogcompletely <to kill>H2026
אִם\־'im-ifH518
מָצָ֥אתִיma.Tza.tiI have foundH4672
חֵ֖ןchenfavorH2580
בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
אֶרְאֶ֖ה'er.'EhI lookH7200
בְּרָעָתִֽי\׃\ \פbe.ra.'a.Tion distress myH7451

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 11:15

  • Jonah 4:3

    Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

  • 1 Kings 19:4

    But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  • Philippians 1:20-24

    According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: …

  • Jonah 4:8-9

    And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

  • Jeremiah 20:18

    Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

  • Zephaniah 3:15

    The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

  • Exodus 32:32

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

  • Job 6:8-10

    Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 3:20-22

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

  • Jeremiah 15:18

    Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

  • James 1:4

    But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

  • Job 7:15

    So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
kill me.
1Ki 19:4; Job 3:20-22; 6:8-10; 7:15; Jon 4:3,8,9; Php 1:20-24
Jas 1:4
let me not.
Jer 15:18; 20:18; Zep 3:15
my wretchedness.Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts read, "their wretchedness." The Jerusalem Targum has the same, and adds, by way of explanation, "who are thine own people."

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Context

  • Numbers 11:14

    I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

  • Numbers 11:15

    And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

  • Numbers 11:16

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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Numbers 11:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si así lo haces tú conmigo, yo te ruego que me des muerte, si he hallado gracia en tus ojos; y que yo no vea mi mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et si tu agis ainsi avec moi, tue -moi donc, je te prie, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, et que je ne voie pas mon malheur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn du also mit mir tust, so bringe mich doch um, wenn ich Gnade gefunden habe in deinen Augen, damit ich mein Unglück nicht ansehe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sin aliter tibi videtur, obsecro ut interficias me, et inveniam gratiam in oculis tuis, ne tantis afficiar malis.