Numbers 14:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 14:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶ֤רֶךְ
ʼârêk
H750
patient
אַפַּ֨יִם֙
ʼaph
H639
nose
וְרַב
rab
H7227
many
חֶ֔סֶד
chêçêd
H2617
kindness
נֹשֵׂ֥א
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
עָוֺ֖ן
ʻâvôn
H5771
iniquity
וָפָ֑שַׁע
peshaʻ
H6588
transgression
וְנַקֵּה֙
nâqâh
H5352
to be pure
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְנַקֶּ֔ה
nâqâh
H5352
to be pure
פֹּקֵ֞ד
pâqad
H6485
to visit
עֲוֺ֤ן
ʻâvôn
H5771
iniquity
אָבוֹת֙
ʼâb
H1
father
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
בָּנִ֔ים
bên
H1121
son
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים
shillêsh
H8029
third
וְעַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
רִבֵּעִֽים
ribbêaʻ
H7256
fourth
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.
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King James Version Public Domain
The LORD is long-suffering, 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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
‘Yahweh long of nostrils and great of covenant faithfulness, lifting up iniquity and transgression. But leaving unpunished, he will not leave unpunished, visiting iniquity of fathers upon sons, upon thirds, and upon fourths.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).