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.


In Context

13 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,

14 and they have said it unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen — O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, — and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 'And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,

16 From 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.

17 'And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:

18 Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third generation, and on a fourth; —

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 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 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.