Numbers 14:16

King James Version (KJV)

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.

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14 And 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.

15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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.

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 The 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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Numbers 14:16 in every translation

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.’
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.’
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.