Numbers 25:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
American King James Version (AKJV)
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;
Webster's Revision
Distress the Midianites, and smite them:
World English Bible
"Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
English Revised Version (ERV)
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Definitions for Numbers 25:17
Clarke's Numbers 25:17 Bible Commentary
Vex the Midianites, etc. - See this order fulfilled, Numbers 31:1-20. Twelve thousand Israelites attacked the Midianites, destroyed all their cities, slew their five kings, every male, and every grown up woman, and took all their spoils.
Wesley's Numbers 25:17 Bible Commentary
25:17 The Midianites - And why not the Moabites. It is probable the Midianites were most guilty, as in persuading Balak to send for Balaam, Numbers 22:4 ,7.So in the reception of Balaam after Balak had dismissed him, Numbers 31:8 , and in farther consultation with him, and in contrivingthe means for the executing of this wicked plot.