They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
Parallel translations
- KJV They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- BSB At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- NKJV They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
- NASB ¶They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went badly for Moses on their account.
- NLT At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord, causing Moses serious trouble.
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Cross-references · 8
- Num 20:2–13There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- Num 20:23–24Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
- Deut 4:21Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance;
- Deut 1:37Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.
- Ps 81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.
- Num 27:13–14When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
- Deut 3:26But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn’t listen to me. Yahweh said to me, “Let this satisfy you. Speak no more to me of this matter.
- Ps 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
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