Numbers 14:15
What does Numbers 14:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 14:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890if thou now slayest this people as one man, then the nations that have heard thy fame will speak, saying,
Context
v.14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
v.15This passage
v.16Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 6:16
And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
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