16Because 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.


In Context

13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: they have heard that thou LORD art in the midst of this people; for thou LORD art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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.

17 And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Numbers 14:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:16Because 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:16'The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath; so he slaughtered them in the desert.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:16He could not bring the people into the land for which he had sworn, therefore did he kill them in the wilderness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:16Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:16Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:16'Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:16From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them — He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.