23The Lord answered Moses, "Is the Lord 's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."


In Context

20 but for a whole month-until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it- because you have rejected the Lord , who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" ' "

21 But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'

22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"

23 The Lord answered Moses, "Is the Lord 's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the Tent.

25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again.

Numbers 11:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:23And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:23And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23And Jehovah said to Moses, Hath Jehovah's hand become short? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass to thee, or not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23Yahweh said to Moses, |Has Yahweh's hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? you shall see now whether my word shall come to pass to you or not.