Numbers 17:12

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

And the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} spake {H559} unto Moses {H4872}, saying {H559}, Behold, we die {H1478}, we perish {H6}, we all perish {H6}.

But the people of Isra'el said to Moshe, "Oh no! We're dead men! Lost! We're all lost!

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 19:3 (2 votes)

    ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Isaiah 6:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

  • Psalms 90:7 (2 votes)

    ¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

  • Numbers 26:11 (2 votes)

    Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

  • Isaiah 57:16 (2 votes)

    For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.

  • Hebrews 12:5 (2 votes)

    And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: