Numbers 11:12

Numbers 11:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

12Was it I who conceived all this people? Or did I give birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them 11:12 Lit against your chestin your arms, as a 11:12 Or foster fathernurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

12Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

12Was it I who conceived all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your 11:12 Lit bosom.arms as a nurse carries the nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

12Am I like a mother to them? Are they my children? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms? Do I have to carry them the way a nurse carries a baby? Do I have to carry them to the land you promised? You promised the land to their people of long ago.

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