Numbers 25:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 25:4 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 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מֹשֶׁ֗ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
קַ֚ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
רָאשֵׁ֣י
rôʼsh
H7218
head
הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וְהוֹקַ֥ע
yâqaʻ
H3363
to be dislocated
אוֹתָ֛ם
ʼêth
H853
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לַיהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
נֶ֣גֶד
neged
H5048
before
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
וְיָשֹׁ֛ב
shûwb
H7725
to return
חֲר֥וֹן
chârôwn
H2740
anger
אַף
ʼaph
H639
nose
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before Yahweh in front of the sun, and the burning of the nose of Yahweh may turn back from Israel.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).