Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.In other versions
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
ASV
And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?
BBE
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
DBY
Moses said, Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, seeing it shall not prosper?
WEB
And Moses saith, `Why `is' this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
YLT
And Moses said, Wherefore now do all of you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
ENG
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
WBT
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
BSB
In context
39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
42Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Moses