Numbers 11:23
New International Version
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.”

New Living Translation
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”

English Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

New King James Version
And the LORD said to Moses, “Has the LORD’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.”

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power too little? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

NASB 1995
The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

NASB 1977
And the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Is Yahweh’s power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will happen for you or not.”

Amplified Bible
The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S hand (ability, power) limited (short, inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word will come to pass for you or not.”

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm weak? Now you will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe: “The hand of LORD JEHOVAH is full; now you shall see if My word comes to pass or not.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord said to Moses, Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? now shalt thou know whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD answered, "I can do anything! Watch and you'll see my words come true."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD asked Moses, "Is there a limit to the LORD's power? Now you will see whether or not my words come true."

Good News Translation
"Is there a limit to my power?" the LORD answered. "You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not!"

International Standard Version
But the LORD responded to Moses, "Is the LORD short on power? You're now going to witness whether what I say will come to pass or not."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether My word shall come to pass unto thee or not.'

Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to Moses, “Has the hand of YHWH become short? Now you see whether My word meets you or not.”

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

New American Bible
The LORD answered Moses: Is this beyond the LORD’s reach? You shall see now whether or not what I have said to you takes place.

NET Bible
And the LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!"

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s power limited? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "Has the LORD's hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass to thee, or not.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'

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Audio Bible



Context
Seventy Elders Anointed
22If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” 23The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.” 24So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.…

Cross References
Numbers 11:22
If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?"

Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isaiah 59:1
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

Jeremiah 14:9
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

Ezekiel 12:25
because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.'"

Ezekiel 24:14
I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,' declares the Lord GOD."

Daniel 6:20
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? you shall see now whether my word shall come to pass to you or not.

Is the Lord's.

Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Psalm 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

thou shalt

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

2 Kings 7:2,17-19
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof…

Jeremiah 44:28,29
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs…

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Verse 23. - Is the Lord's hand waxed short? So that it cannot reach far enough to fulfill his purposes. This simple and expressive figure of speech is adopted by Isaiah (Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 59:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

answered
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“Is the LORD’s
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

arm
הֲיַ֥ד (hă·yaḏ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

too short?
תִּקְצָ֑ר (tiq·ṣār)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

Now
עַתָּ֥ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

you will see
תִרְאֶ֛ה (ṯir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

whether or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

not
לֹֽא׃ (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

My word
דְבָרִ֖י (ḏə·ḇā·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

shall come to pass.”
הֲיִקְרְךָ֥ (hă·yiq·rə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers


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