Numbers 14:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ ‘Because Adonai was unable to bring this people to the land He had promised them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to give to them, therefore He has slain them in the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ ‘The LORD wasn’t able to bring these people to the land that he solemnly promised to give them. So he slaughtered them in the desert.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 'He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He could not bring the people into the land for which he had sworn. Therefore did he kill them in the wilderness.

Numbers 14:16 Cross References

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out to do evil, to slay them in the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth?’ Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this destruction against Your people.

Numbers 14:17

“So please, let Adonai show His strength, just as You have spoken saying,

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise the land from which You brought us out may say, “Because Adonai was not able to bring them into the land that He spoke of to them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”

Joshua 7:7

“Alas, Adonai Elohim!” Joshua said. “Why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan? Is it to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites—to destroy us? If only we had been content and dwelled beyond the Jordan!

Joshua 7:9

For when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great Name?”