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Numbers 14:16

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.

KJV

Non poterat introducere populum in terram pro qua juraverat : idcirco occidit eos in solitudine ?

Vulgate

Παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι Κύριον εἰσαγαγεῖν τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσεν αὐτοῖς, κατέστρωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

LXX

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.

ASV

מִ/בִּלְתִּ֞י יְכֹ֣לֶת יְהוָ֗ה לְ/הָבִיא֙ אֶת הָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֔ה אֶל הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לָ/הֶ֑ם וַ/יִּשְׁחָטֵ֖/ם בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
ם
m
verb · 82×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 9:28 — Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in t
  • Deut 9:28 — Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in t
  • Deut 32:26 — I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
  • Gen 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall se
  • Josh 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o
  • Josh 7:9 — For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?