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.
Numbers 14:16 in other translations
| 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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| WEB | ‘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 | 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 | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Numbers 14:16 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:11-19
Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.
Numbers 14:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:16
- Deuteronomy 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
- Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
- Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
- Deuteronomy 32:26-27
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
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Context
- Numbers 14:15
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
- 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.
- Numbers 14:17
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Numbers 14:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque no pudo Jehová meter este pueblo en la tierra de la cual les había jurado, los mató en el desierto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Parce que l’ Éternel ne pouvait pas faire entrer ce peuple dans le pays qu’il leur avait promis par serment, il les a tués dans le désert. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Weil Jehova nicht vermochte, dieses Volk in das Land zu bringen, das er ihnen zugeschworen hatte, so hat er sie in der Wüste hingeschlachtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non poterat introducere populum in terram pro qua juraverat: idcirco occidit eos in solitudine? |