他对自己的人民说：“看哪，以色列民比我们众多强盛。

对他的百姓说：“看哪，这以色列民比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

他对自己的百姓说：“看哪，以色列人的百姓比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

他对自己的百姓说：“看哪，以色列人的百姓比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

对他的百姓说：“你们看，以色列人比我们多，又比我们强。

對他的百姓說：「看哪，這以色列民比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

他對自己的百姓說：「看哪，以色列人的百姓比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

他對自己的百姓說：「看哪，以色列人的百姓比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

對他的百姓說：「你們看，以色列人比我們多，又比我們強。

他對自己的人民說：“看哪，以色列民比我們眾多強盛。

他對他的人民說：『看哪，以色列人眾民繁多強盛，勝過我們。

告民曰、以色列族強庶過我、

告民曰、以色列族甚眾、其強過我、

告其民曰、此以色列族甚眾、其強過我、

“ Look,” he said to his people,“ the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.

“ Look,” he said to his people.“ The Israelites are far too many for us.

And he said to his people,“ Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

He said to his people,“ Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.

He said to his people,“ Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

And he said to his people,“ Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

And he said to his people,“ Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

He said to his people,“ Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel[ are] more and mightier than we:

He said to his people,“ Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

He said to his people,“ Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

耶和华使他的子民生育众多，使他们比他们的敌人更强盛。他改变敌人的心去憎恨他的子民，用诡诈待他的众仆人。

如果你们心中存着刻薄的嫉妒和自私，就不可夸口，也不可说谎抵挡真理。这种智慧不是从天上来的，而是属地的、属血气的和属鬼魔的。因为凡有嫉妒和自私的地方，就必有扰乱和各样的坏事。

君王的荣耀在于人民众多，帝王的没落由于国民寡少。

摩押人对米甸的长老说：“现在这群人要吞并我们四周的一切，好像牛吞吃田间的草一样。”那时西拨的儿子巴勒，作摩押王；他就派使者到比珥的儿子巴兰那里去，就是到大河附近的毗夺，亚扪人的地那里，去叫巴兰来，说：“你看，有一个民族从埃及出来，遮满了全地，如今住在我的对面。

我看见各样的劳碌和各样精巧的工作，都是出于人与人彼此的竞争。这也是虚空，也是捕风。

烈怒虽然凶残，暴怒又好像狂澜，人还可以忍受；但面对嫉妒，谁能站立得住呢？

圣经说：“神爱他那安置在我们里面的灵，爱到嫉妒的地步”（或译：“神安置在我们里面的灵，爱到嫉妒的地步”），你们想这话是徒然的吗？

我们从前也是无知、不顺服、受了迷惑、被各种私欲和逸乐所奴役，生活在恶毒和嫉妒之中，是可憎可恶的，并且互相仇视。

烦恼杀死愚昧人，激情害死愚蒙人。