6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.


In Context

3 And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way;

5 and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

6 Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

7 And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

8 And Jehovah said to Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, and looketh upon it, shall live.

Numbers 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.