Catholic Public Domain Version
"‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’ "
— Numbers 14:16, Catholic Public Domain 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 Jehovah 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 to the Lord: “But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people,
and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,
may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’
Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’
Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place.”