Numbers 14:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 14:3 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 →
וְלָמָ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
יְ֠הוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
מֵבִ֨יא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֹתָ֜נוּ
ʼêth
H853
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אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאָ֤רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
הַזֹּאת֙
zôʼth
H2063
this
לִנְפֹּ֣ל
nâphal
H5307
to fall
בַּחֶ֔רֶב
chereb
H2719
sword
נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ
ṭaph
H2945
little children
יִהְי֣וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לָבַ֑ז
baz
H957
spoil
הֲל֧וֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
ט֦וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
לָ֖נוּ
שׁ֥וּב
shûwb
H7725
to return
מִצְרָֽיְמָה
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
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
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?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And why is Yahweh bringing us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our children will be for plunder. Is it not good for us to return to Egypt?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).