Numbers 14:3
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And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
In other translations
And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
Hebrew words
וְלָמָהvelamahand <to> why?H4100יְהוָהyahweh[is] YahwehH3068מֵבִיאmevi'bringingH935אֹתָנוּ'otanu<obj.> usH853אֶל־'el-intoH413הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063לִנְפֹּלlinpolto fallH5307בַּחֶרֶבbacherevby the swordH2719נָשֵׁינוּnasheinuwives ourH802וְטַפֵּנוּvetapenuand little one[s] ourH2945יִהְיוּyihyuthey will becomeH1961לָבַזlavaz<into> plunderH957הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808טוֹבtovgoodH2896לָנוּlanufor <the> usשׁוּבshuv[is] to returnH7725מִצְרָיְמָה׃mitzrayemahEgypt towardsH4714
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Psalm 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Numbers 14:31-3231 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.31 But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it. 32 As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
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People and places
Places: Egypt