Numbers 14:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ ‘The Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to them, so He 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.'

Numbers 14:16 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath and relent of this harm against Your people.

Numbers 14:17

“So now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise, the land from which You brought us may say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He promised them and because He hated them, He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.’

Joshua 7:7

Joshua said, “O Lord God, why did You bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan!

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land may hear, turn on us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will You do for Your great name?”