Lest the Egyptians shall speak, saying, With evil he brought them forth to kill them in the mountains, and to finish them from the face of the earth. Turn back from the heat of thy wrath, and repent concerning evil towards thy people
Numbers 14:16 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Because Jehovah will not be able to bring in this people to the land which he sware to them, he will slay them in the desert Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 ‘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 '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 He could not bring the people into the land for which he had sworn. Therefore did he kill them in the wilderness. |
Lest the Egyptians shall speak, saying, With evil he brought them forth to kill them in the mountains, and to finish them from the face of the earth. Turn back from the heat of thy wrath, and repent concerning evil towards thy people
And now shall the strength of the Lord be great, as thou spakest, saying,
Lest they of the land where thou broughtest us from there shall say, For Jehovah was not able to bring them in to the land which he spake to them; and for his hating them he brought them out to destroy them in the desert
And Joshua will say, Ah! Lord Jehovah, wherefore, passing over, didst thou cause this people to pass over Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to destroy us? and would we were contented and dwelt on the other side of Jordan
And the Canaanite and all inhabiting the land shall hear, and they encompassed about us, and they cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?