Numbers 14 - Compare Translations
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Numbers 14:1
KJVAnd all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
WEBAll the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
YLTAnd all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;
Numbers 14:2
KJVAnd all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
WEBAll the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!
YLTand all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!
Numbers 14:3
KJVAnd 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?
WEBWhy does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”
YLTand 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?'
Numbers 14:4
KJVAnd they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
WEBThey said to one another, “Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”
YLTAnd they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'
Numbers 14:5
KJVThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
WEBThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
YLTAnd Moses falleth -- Aaron also -- on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.
Numbers 14:6
KJVAnd Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
WEBJoshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
YLTAnd Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,
Numbers 14:7
KJVAnd they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
WEBThey spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
YLTand they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, [is] a very very good land;
Numbers 14:8
KJVIf the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
WEBIf Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
YLTif Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;
Numbers 14:9
KJVOnly rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
WEBOnly don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”
YLTonly, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they [are]; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah [is] with us; fear them not.'
Numbers 14:10
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Numbers 14:11
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
WEBYahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?
Numbers 14:12
KJVI will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
WEBI will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
YLTI smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
Numbers 14:13
KJVAnd Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
WEBMoses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
YLTAnd Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,
Numbers 14:14
KJVAnd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
WEBThey will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are among this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
YLTand they have said [it] unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, [art] in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen -- O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, -- and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Numbers 14:15
KJVNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
WEBNow if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
YLT`And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,
Numbers 14:16
KJVBecause 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.
WEB‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
YLTFrom Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.
Numbers 14:17
KJVAnd now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
WEBNow please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
YLT`And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:
Numbers 14:18
KJVThe Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
WEB‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’
YLTJehovah [is] slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third [generation], and on a fourth; --
Numbers 14:19
KJVPardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
WEBPlease pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
YLTforgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.'
Numbers 14:20
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Numbers 14:21
KJVBut as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
WEBbut in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory;
YLTand yet, I live -- and it is filled -- the whole earth -- [with] the honour of Jehovah;
Numbers 14:22
KJVBecause all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
WEBbecause all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
YLTfor all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice --
Numbers 14:23
KJVSurely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
WEBsurely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
YLTthey see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;
Numbers 14:24
KJVBut my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
WEBBut my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
YLTand My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me -- I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.
Numbers 14:25
KJV(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
WEBSince the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
YLT`And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of the Red Sea.'
Numbers 14:26
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
WEBYahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
YLTAnd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 14:27
KJVHow long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
WEB“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
YLT`Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;
Numbers 14:28
KJVSay unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
WEBTell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.
YLTsay unto them, I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- if, as ye have spoken in Mine ears -- so I do not to you;
Numbers 14:29
KJVYour carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.
WEBYour dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
YLTin this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;
Numbers 14:30
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Numbers 14:31
KJVBut your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
WEBBut your little ones, that you said should be captured or killed, them I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
YLT`As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;
Numbers 14:32
KJVBut as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
WEBBut as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
YLTas to you -- your carcases do fall in this wilderness,
Numbers 14:33
KJVAnd your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
WEBYour children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness.
YLTand your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;
Numbers 14:34
KJVAfter the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
WEBAfter the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’
YLTby the number of the days [in] which ye spied the land, forty days, -- a day for a year, a day for a year -- ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;
Numbers 14:35
KJVI the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
WEBI, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
YLTI [am] Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; -- in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.'
Numbers 14:36
KJVAnd the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
WEBThe men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
YLTAnd the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,
Numbers 14:37
KJVEven those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
WEBeven those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.
YLTeven the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;
Numbers 14:38
KJVBut Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
WEBBut Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
YLTand Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.
Numbers 14:39
KJVAnd Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
WEBMoses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
YLTAnd Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,
Numbers 14:40
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Numbers 14:41
KJVAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
WEBMoses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?
YLTAnd Moses saith, `Why [is] this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
Numbers 14:42
KJVGo not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
WEBDon’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.
YLTgo not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;
Numbers 14:43
KJVFor the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
WEBFor there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword, because you turned back from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you.”
YLTfor the Amalekite and the Canaanite [are] there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you.'
Numbers 14:44
KJVBut they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
WEBBut they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
YLTAnd they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.
Numbers 14:45
KJVThen the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
WEBThen the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
YLTAnd the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down -- unto Hormah.
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