Numbers 16:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

What's more, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you intend to gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!"

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    More ouer thou hast broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke and honye nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or of vynes. Ether wilt thou pull out the eyes of these men? we wyll not come.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a lande, that floweth wt milke and hony, & geue vs feldes and vyniardes in possession? Wilt thou put out these mens eyes? We will not come vp.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also thou hast not brought vs vnto a land that floweth with milke and honie, neither giuen vs inheritance of fieldes and vineyardes: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come vp.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Moreouer, thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke & honie, neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes: Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men? We wyll not come vp.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We won't come up."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:24 : 24 But I said to you, 'You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
  • Num 20:5 : 5 Why did you bring us up from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!
  • Num 36:8-9 : 8 'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.' 9 'No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to retain its inheritance.' 10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
  • 1 Sam 11:2 : 2 Nahash the Ammonite answered them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you: by gouging out everyone's right eye, bringing disgrace on all Israel."
  • Exod 3:8 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'
  • Exod 3:17 : 17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
  • Exod 22:5 : 5 If a fire breaks out and catches on thorn bushes so that a stack of grain, standing grain, or a field is destroyed, the one who started the fire must make full compensation.
  • Exod 23:11 : 11 But during the seventh year, you are to let it rest and leave it unplowed, so that the poor among your people may eat, and whatever they leave, the wild animals may eat. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 16:12-13
    2 verses
    85%

    12Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come!

    13Isn't it enough that you brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also lord it over us?

  • Num 20:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

    5Why did you bring us up from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

    12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

  • Deut 26:9
    76%

    9He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Num 14:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

    3Why 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?

  • Num 14:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection is gone, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.

  • Exod 17:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • Num 16:15
    75%

    15Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, "Do not accept their offering. I have not taken even a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them."

  • Deut 9:28
    75%

    28Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

  • Exod 33:3
    75%

    3Go to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.

  • Exod 16:3
    74%

    3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

  • Jer 2:6
    74%

    6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  • Jer 42:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

    14Instead, you say, 'No, we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, hear the sound of the trumpet, or suffer hunger for bread. There we will stay.'

  • Num 20:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

    16When we cried out to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

    17Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through any field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well. We will travel along the King's Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.

  • Deut 1:25-28
    4 verses
    74%

    25Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land that the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

    26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

    27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

    28Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

  • Num 13:27
    73%

    27They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed it flows with milk and honey. Here is its fruit.

  • Num 21:5
    73%

    5The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

  • Ezek 20:15
    73%

    15Also, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—

  • Num 11:6
    73%

    6But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna!

  • Josh 5:6
    73%

    6The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Num 14:23
    72%

    23not one of them will see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has spurned me will see it.

  • Num 10:31
    72%

    31Moses said, "Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes.

  • Num 11:20
    72%

    20but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’

  • 2 Chr 20:11
    72%

    11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • Num 32:11
    71%

    11'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • Exod 3:17
    71%

    17'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

  • Deut 26:15
    71%

    15Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as you swore to our ancestors.

  • Num 21:22
    71%

    22'Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, nor drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we pass through your territory.'

  • Num 32:9
    71%

    9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • Exod 15:24
    71%

    24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'

  • Num 14:16
    71%

    16'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • Num 32:18
    71%

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received their inheritance.

  • Neh 9:15
    71%

    15You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

  • Exod 6:9
    71%

    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

  • Num 13:31
    71%

    31But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are."

  • Gen 42:12
    71%

    12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'