Numbers 14 · Verse 41

Numbers 14:41

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
Numbers 14:41, King James Version

Numbers 14:41 in other translations

BSBBut Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
WEBMoses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of the LORD, since it shall not prosper?
ASVAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
YLTAnd Moses saith, ‘Why is this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
DARBYAnd Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
BBEAnd Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?
WebsterAnd Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

What does Numbers 14:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 14:40-45

40-45. they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance. They rushed from one extreme of rashness and perversity to another, and the obstinacy of their rebellious spirit was evinced by their active…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:40-45

Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan. But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for heaven while their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is over, how well would it be for them! That which has been duty in its season, when mistimed, may be turned into sin. Those who are out of the way of their duty, are not under God's protection, and go at their peril. God bade…

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Numbers 14:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100
זֶּ֛הzehthisH2088
אַתֶּ֥ם'a.Tem[are] youH859
עֹבְרִ֖ים'oe.RimtransgressingH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהִ֖ואve.Hiv'and itH1931
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תִצְלָֽח\׃titz.Lachit will succeedH6743

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 14:41

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20

    And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.

  • Numbers 14:25

    (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

  • Job 4:9

    By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

  • Jeremiah 2:37

    Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

  • Jeremiah 32:5

    And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

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do ye.
25; 2Ch 24:20
but it shall.
Job 4:9; Jer 2:37; 32:5

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Context

  • Numbers 14:40

    And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.

  • Numbers 14:41

    And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.

  • Numbers 14:42

    Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

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Numbers 14:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo Moisés: ¿Por qué quebrantáis el dicho de Jehová? Esto tampoco os sucederá bien.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse dit: Pourquoi transgressez-vous ainsi le commandement de l’ Éternel? Cela ne réussira point.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber Mose sprach: Warum übertretet ihr doch den Befehl Jehovas? Es wird ja nicht gelingen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quibus Moyses: Cur, inquit, transgredimini verbum Domini, quod vobis non cedet in prosperum?