Numbers 14:16

Numbers 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)'It is because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

Context of Numbers 14:16

14then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night. 15If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’ 17So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said, 18‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’

Numbers 14:16 word by word

מִבִּלְתִּ֞י יְכֹ֣לֶת יְהוָ֗ה לְהָבִיא֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לָהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was notבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• which he swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• unto them, therefore he hath slainשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• them in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057

Cross-references for Numbers 14:16

• Deuteronomy 9:28Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say, “The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the desert.”
• Deuteronomy 32:26“I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.
• Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”

Commentaries on Numbers 14:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions. He speaks here as if in momentary apprehension of an outbreak of God‘s wrath, unless he could perhaps arrest it by crowding in every topic of deprecation and intercession that he could mention on the instant.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-25Moses spoke to God on behalf of his people. He reminded God that his reputation related to Israel's. He pleaded for God to continue his faithfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-451. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:16

• Intercession
• Israel
• Moses
• Prayer
• Unselfishness

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Tell
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy
• Intercession

Commentaries on Numbers 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings