Numbers 14:16

Numbers chapter 14 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

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

v.16This passage

v.17And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 9:28
lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto 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 will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
Deuteronomy 32:26
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;