40Early the next morning they went up toward the high hill country. "We have sinned," they said. "We will go up to the place the Lord promised."


In Context

37 these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord .

38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

39 When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.

40 Early the next morning they went up toward the high hill country. "We have sinned," they said. "We will go up to the place the Lord promised."

41 But Moses said, "Why are you disobeying the Lord 's command? This will not succeed!

42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,

Numbers 14:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here,] and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:40And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose early in the morning, and ascended to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:40They rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, |Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:40and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, 'Here we are, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, See, we be here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned.