Numbers 14:4
King James Version (KJV)
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
In context
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Numbers 14:4 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- WEB World English Bible
- They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.