Numbers 14:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Wherfore hath the Lorde broughte vs vnto this londe to fall apon the swerde that both oure wyues and also oure childre shulde be a praye? is it not better that we returne vnto Egipte agayne?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this lande, that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the swerde, and ouer children be a praye? Is it not better, that we go agayne in to Egipte?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore nowe hath the Lorde brought vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? Our wiues, and our children shall be a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto this lande to fall vpon the sworde, and that our wyues and our chyldren should be a pray? Were it not better that we returne vnto Egypt agayne?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 14:31-32 : 31 But your children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them in to know the land that you have rejected. 32 As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness.
  • Ps 78:40 : 40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the wasteland!
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

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