King James Version
Numbers 14:17 in the King James Version says “And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,”
Numbers 14:17 · KJV
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
The LORD is longsuffering , and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. until: or, hitherto
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be great”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“And now I beseech thee let the power”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“according”
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as thou hast spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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