Numbers 20:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 20:5 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 →
וְלָמָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֨נוּ֙
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לְהָבִ֣יא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֹתָ֔נוּ
ʼêth
H853
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אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמָּק֥וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
הָרָ֖ע
raʻ
H7451
evil
הַזֶּ֑ה
zeh
H2088
this
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
מְק֣וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
זֶ֗רַע
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
וּתְאֵנָ֤ה
tᵉʼên
H8384
fig
וְגֶ֨פֶן֙
gephen
H1612
vine
וְרִמּ֔וֹן
rimmôwn
H7416
pomegranate
וּמַ֥יִם
mayim
H4325
water
אַ֖יִן
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
shâthâh
H8354
to drink
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 have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
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King James Version Public Domain
And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And why did you bring us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? not a place of seed and fig and vine and pomegranate, and there is no water to drink!”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).