Numbers 22 · Verse 3

Numbers 22:3

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Numbers 22:3, King James Version

Numbers 22:3 in other translations

BSBand Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
WEBMoab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
ASVAnd Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
YLTand 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,
DARBYAnd Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

What does Numbers 22:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 22:1-14

The king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to pray for evil upon them, and to pronounce a blessing upon himself and his forces, that then he should be able to deal with them. None had so great a reputation as Balaam; and Balak will employ him, though he send a great way…

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Numbers 22:3 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּ֨גָרvai.Ya.gorand it was afraidH1481
מוֹאָ֜בmo.'AvMoabH4124
מִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
מְאֹ֖דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
רַב\־rav-[was] numerousH7227
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931
וַיָּ֣קָץvai.Ya.kotzand it felt dreadH6973
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Numbers 22:3

  • Exodus 15:15

    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

  • Isaiah 23:5

    As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

  • Joshua 9:24

    And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • Joshua 2:10-11

    For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

  • Deuteronomy 2:25

    This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

  • Joshua 2:24

    And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

  • Psalms 53:5

    There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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Ex 15:15; De 2:25; Jos 2:10,11,24; 9:24; Ps 53:5; Isa 23:5

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Context

  • Numbers 22:2

    And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Numbers 22:3

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

  • Numbers 22:4

    And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

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Numbers 22:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Moab temió mucho á causa del pueblo que era mucho; y angustióse Moab á causa de los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Moab eut une fort grande peur du peuple, car il était nombreux; et Moab fut dans l’effroi à cause des fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Moab fürchtete sich sehr vor dem Volke, weil es groß war, und es graute Moab vor den Kindern Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et quod pertimuissent eum Moabitæ, et impetum ejus ferre non possent,