Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Holman Bible
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
International Standard Version
"Attack the Midianites and execute them,
American Standard Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
Amplified
“Provoke hostilities with the Midianites and attack them,
Bible in Basic English
Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;
Darby Translation
Harass the Midianites, and smite them,
Julia Smith Translation
Press the Midianites and smite them:
King James 2000
Harass the Midianites, and smite them:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Attack the Midianites and strike them
Modern King James verseion
Trouble the Midianites and strike them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Vex the Midianites and smite them,
NET Bible
"Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,
New Heart English Bible
"Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
The Emphasized Bible
Besiege the Midianites, - and ye shall smite them:
Webster
Distress the Midianites, and smite them:
World English Bible
"Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
Youngs Literal Translation
'Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,
Interlinear
Tsarar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 25:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Aftermath
16 And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them, 18 for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the ruler of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor
Names
Cross References
Numbers 31:1-3
And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Revelation 18:6
Render to her as she also rendered to you, and double to her two-fold according to her works. In the cup that she mixed, mix two-fold for her.