Numbers 14:41

What does Numbers 14:41 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 14:41 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!

Context

v.40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

v.41This passage

v.42Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20

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

  • Numbers 14:25

    Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

  • Jeremiah 2:37

    From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.

  • Job 4:9

    By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

  • Jeremiah 32:5

    and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

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