Numbers 14:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Let the power of my Lord be great— That this power of the Lord refers to what follows, is evident to every reader. I cannot, therefore, help greatly approving the following version of Houbigant: Wherefore, I beseech thee, let that magnificence of my Lord appear, which thou didst discover when saying, &c. The Samaritan renders it, now let the virtue of the Lord be magnified. The word כח coach, which we render power, may very properly signify glory or honor; see Exodus 9:16 and then the Hebrew will literally be, and now, I pray, let the glory of my Lord be magnified; see Calasio on the word כוח.

Numbers 14:17

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,