The Book of Mormon

Helaman 8:12

1830 Edition

And now behold, if God gave unto this man such power, then why should ye dispute among yourselves, and say that he hath given unto me no power whereby I may know concerning the judgements that shall come upon you except ye repent?

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And now behold, if God gave unto this man such power, then why should ye dispute among yourselves, and say that he hath given unto me no power whereby I may know concerning the judgements that shall come upon you except ye repent?

Simple English

“If God gave Moses that much power, why do you argue? Why do you say God hasn’t given me power to know what will happen to you if you don’t change?”

Paraphrase

“If God gave that kind of power to Moses, why are you arguing about whether he’s given me the ability to know the judgments that will fall on you if you don’t repent?”