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Selected Verse: Numbers 14:17 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Nu 14:17 |
King James |
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
let the power of my Lord be great--be magnified. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Be great - That is appear to be great, discover its greatness: namely, the power of his grace and mercy, or the greatness of his mercy, in pardoning this and their other sins: for to this the following words manifestly restrain it, where the pardon of their sins is the only instance of this power both described in God's titles, Num 14:18, and prayed for by Moses Num 14:19, and granted by God in answer to him, Num 14:20. Nor is it strange that the pardon of sin, especially such great sins, is spoken of as an act of power in God, because undoubtedly it is an act of omnipotent and infinite goodness. |
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
19 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.
18 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.