Numbers 14:16 - 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.'

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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.’

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.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ ‘It is because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:16 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 32:12

I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, 'He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.' Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your people.

Numbers 14:17

Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: "The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness."

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said: "Alas, O Lord God! Why would you want to lead this people over the river Jordan, so that you might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us? I wish that we had remained beyond the Jordan, as when we began.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and coming together as one, they will surround us, and they will wipe our name from the earth. And what will you do concerning your great name?"