Numbers 14:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 14:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
מִבִּלְתִּ֞י
biltîy
H1115
except
יְכֹ֣לֶת
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לְהָבִיא֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעָ֣ם
ʻam
H5971
people
הַזֶּ֔ה
zeh
H2088
this
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נִשְׁבַּ֣ע
shâbaʻ
H7650
to swear
לָהֶ֑ם
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם
shâchaṭ
H7819
to slaughter
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
‘From Yahweh not being able to bring this people to the land that he swore to them, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).