Exodus 1:9 Cross References - YLT

⁹ and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel is more numerous and mighty than we;

⁴ and Moab saith unto the elders of Midian, `Now doth the assembly lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the green thing of the field.' And Balak son of Zippor is king of Moab at that time, <sup>5</sup> and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, `Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;

² For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

²⁴ And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.
²⁵ He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

²⁸ In the multitude of a people is the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

⁴ Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

⁴ And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

³ for we were once—also we—thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious—hating one another;

¹⁴ and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; ¹⁵ this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like, ¹⁶ for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;

⁵ Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'