3Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.


In Context

1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

3 Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, |Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.| Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, |Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.

Numbers 22:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:3and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it is numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.