Numbers 14:16

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

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14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands 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 kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

16 ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

17 So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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Numbers 14:16 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: ‘Because 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.’
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: Because 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.
WBS Webster Bible: Because 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.