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.'


In Context

13 Moses said to the Lord , "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O Lord , are with these people and that you, O Lord , have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

15 If you put these people to death all at one time, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

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.'

17 "Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared:

18 'The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and 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 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 English Revised 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 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.