Numbers 14:12

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.

American King James Version (AKJV)

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.

American Standard Version (ASV)

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

Webster's Revision

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

World English Bible

I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."

English Revised Version (ERV)

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

Definitions for Numbers 14:12

Smite - To strike; beat.

Barnes's Numbers 14:12 Bible Commentary

And disinherit them - By the proposed extinction of Israel the blessings of the covenant would revert to their original donor.

Wesley's Numbers 14:12 Bible Commentary

14:12 I will smite them — This was not an absolute determination, but a commination, like that of Nineveh's destruction, with a condition implied, except there be speedy repentance, or powerful intercession.