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Berean Standard Bible

“So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.”

Numbers 21:9

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In the wilderness the people complain against God and Moses, and venomous snakes begin to bite and kill. They confess their sin and ask Moses to pray for relief.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

World English Bible (WEB)

Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of brass, he lived.

King James Version (KJV)

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y Moisés hizo una serpiente de metal, y púsola sobre la bandera: y fué, que cuando alguna serpiente mordía á alguno, miraba á la serpiente de metal, y vivía.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Moisés hizo la serpiente de bronce y todo el que era mordido y miraba a la serpiente de bronce se salvaba.

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