Numbers 11 · Verse 33

Numbers 11:33

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 11:33, King James Version

Numbers 11:33 in other translations

BSBBut while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
WEBWhile the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
ASVWhile the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
YLTThe flesh is yet between their teeth--it is not yet cut off--and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people--a very great smiting;
DARBYThe flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
BBEBut while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.
WebsterAnd while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

What does Numbers 11:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:31-35

31-35. There went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, &c.--These migratory birds (see on Ex 16:13) were on their journey from Egypt, when "the wind from the Lord," an east wind (Psa 78:26) forcing them to change their course, wafted them over the Red Sea to the camp of Israel. let them fall a day's journey--If the journey of an individual is meant, this space might be thirty miles; if the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 The wrath of the Lord was kindled - In what way, and with what effects, we cannot precisely determine. Some heavy judgment fell upon those murmurers and complainers, but of what kind the sacred writer says nothing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:31-35

God performed his promise to the people, in giving them flesh. How much more diligent men are in collecting the meat that perishes, than in labouring for meat which endures to everlasting life! We are quick-sighted in the affairs of time; but stupidity blinds us as to the concerns of eternity. To pursue worldly advantages, we need no arguments; but when we are to secure the true riches, then we are all…

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Numbers 11:33 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.

הַבָּשָׂ֗רha.ba.Sarthe meatH1320
עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙o.De.nustill itH5750
בֵּ֣יןbein[was] betweenH996
שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔םshi.nei.Hemteeth theirH8127
טֶ֖רֶםTe.remnot yetH2962
יִכָּרֵ֑תyi.ka.Retit was chewedH3772
וְאַ֤ףve.'Afand [the] anger ofH639
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
חָרָ֣הcha.Rahit burnedH2734
בָעָ֔םva.'Amon the peopleH5971
וַיַּ֤ךְvai.Yakhand he struckH5221
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בָּעָ֔םba.'Am<on> the peopleH5971
מַכָּ֖הma.Kaha plagueH4347
רַבָּ֥הra.BahgreatH7227
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdveryH3966

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

Cross references for Numbers 11:33

  • Psalms 78:30-31

    They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

  • Psalms 106:14-15

    But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

  • Numbers 25:9

    And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

  • Numbers 16:49

    Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

  • Deuteronomy 28:27

    The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And while.
Ps 78:30,31; 106:14,15
smote.
16:49; 25:9; De 28:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 11:32

    And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

  • Numbers 11:33

    And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

  • Numbers 11:34

    And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

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Numbers 11:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun estaba la carne entre los dientes de ellos, antes que fuese mascada, cuando el furor de Jehová se encendió en el pueblo, é hirió Jehová al pueblo con una muy grande plaga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– La chair était encore entre leurs dents, avant qu’elle soit mâchée, que la colère de l’ Éternel s’embrasa contre le peuple, et que l’ Éternel frappa le peuple d’un fort grand coup.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Fleisch war noch zwischen ihren Zähnen, es war noch nicht zerkaut, da entbrannte der Zorn Jehovas wider das Volk, und Jehova richtete unter dem Volke eine sehr große Niederlage an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adhuc carnes erant in dentibus eorum, nec defecerat hujuscemodi cibus: et ecce furor Domini concitatus in populum, percussit eum plaga magna nimis.