Numbers 14:16

English Standard Version

16 ‘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.’ (De 9:28; Jos 7:9) 

New International Version

16 “The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.” 

New International Reader’s Version

16 “The LORD promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.” 

King James Version

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. 

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