Numbers 14:16
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Numbers 14:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Weil Jehova nicht vermochte, dieses Volk in das Land zu bringen, das er ihnen zugeschworen hatte, so hat er sie in der Wüste hingeschlachtet.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque no pudo Jehová meter este pueblo en la tierra de la cual les había jurado, los mató en el desierto.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque não pôde o SENHOR meter este povo na terra da qual lhes havia jurado, os matou no deserto.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
'porque Yahweh não pôde levar Seu povo à terra que prometera, Ele os matou no deserto'.
📖 Numbers 14:16 in Context
14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
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.
17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
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