Numbers 14:16
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.In other versions
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.
ASV
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.
BBE
Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.
DBY
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.
WEB
From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.
YLT
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore unto them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
ENG
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
WBT
‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
BSB
In context
14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
16Because 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.
17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.