他對自己的人民說：“看哪，以色列民比我們眾多強盛。

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。

他对自己的人民说：“看哪，以色列民比我们众多强盛。

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.

耶和華使他的子民生育眾多，使他們比他們的敵人更強盛。他改變敵人的心去憎恨他的子民，用詭詐待他的眾僕人。

如果你們心中存著刻薄的嫉妒和自私，就不可誇口，也不可說謊抵擋真理。這種智慧不是從天上來的，而是屬地的、屬血氣的和屬鬼魔的。因為凡有嫉妒和自私的地方，就必有擾亂和各樣的壞事。

君王的榮耀在於人民眾多，帝王的沒落由於國民寡少。

摩押人對米甸的長老說：“現在這群人要吞併我們四周的一切，好像牛吞吃田間的草一樣。”那時西撥的兒子巴勒，作摩押王；他就派使者到比珥的兒子巴蘭那裡去，就是到大河附近的毗奪，亞捫人的地那裡，去叫巴蘭來，說：“你看，有一個民族從埃及出來，遮滿了全地，如今住在我的對面。

我看見各樣的勞碌和各樣精巧的工作，都是出於人與人彼此的競爭。這也是虛空，也是捕風。

烈怒雖然兇殘，暴怒又好像狂瀾，人還可以忍受；但面對嫉妒，誰能站立得住呢？

聖經說：“神愛他那安置在我們裡面的靈，愛到嫉妒的地步”（或譯：“神安置在我們裡面的靈，愛到嫉妒的地步”），你們想這話是徒然的嗎？

我們從前也是無知、不順服、受了迷惑、被各種私慾和逸樂所奴役，生活在惡毒和嫉妒之中，是可憎可惡的，並且互相仇視。

煩惱殺死愚昧人，激情害死愚蒙人。