Numbers 27:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
American King James Version (AKJV)
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
American Standard Version (ASV)
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
Webster's Revision
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation.
World English Bible
"Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
English Revised Version (ERV)
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Definitions for Numbers 27:16
Clarke's Numbers 27:16 Bible Commentary
The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh - See the notes on Numbers 16:22.
Barnes's Numbers 27:16 Bible Commentary
The God of the spirits of all flesh - An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compare Genesis 6:3), is of himself helpless; and "lives and moves and has his being" in God Acts 17:28. The words are suitably employed here to introduce an entreaty that God would not leave the congregation without a guide and leader, and in Numbers 16:22 as a preface to an intercession that the whole people should not suffer for the sin of a, few.
Wesley's Numbers 27:16 Bible Commentary
27:16 The Lord of the spirits of all flesh - God of all men: the searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the father and giver and governor of spirits, who canst raise and suit the spirits of men to the highest and hardest works.
