American Standard Version
"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. "
— Numbers 14:16, American Standard Version
“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.”
“'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.'”
“‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’”
“He could not bring the people into the land for which he had sworn, therefore did he kill them in the wilderness.”
“Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.”
“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.”
And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;
and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
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.
And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.