Numbers 14:3

American Standard Version (1901)

And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

ASV Byzantine Text

And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Asang Khongca Bible

Tikhoe aicae loe sumsen hoiah a duek o moe, aicae ih zu caanawk minawk mah lomh hanah, Angraeng mah hae prae ah caeh haih loe? Izip prae ah amlaem let nahaeloe, hoikhang tih, tiah nihnik khaeah thuih pae o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

cunghang dongah cungku ham he BOEIPA loh balae tih he khohmuen la mamih n'khuen. Mamih yuu ca he maeh la om uh pawn ni. Egypt la mael he mamih ham then ngai pawt nim? a Boeipa loh mamih he hela ingkhueh uh? Egypt ramla koep mael he then ngai mah pawt a? Moses neh Aaron taengah ati na uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

cunghang dongah cungku ham he BOEIPA loh balae tih he khohmuen la mamih n'khuen. Mamih yuu ca he maeh la om uh pawn ni. Egypt la mael he mamih ham then ngai pawt nim? a Boeipa loh mamih he hela ingkhueh uh? Egypt ramla koep mael he then ngai mah pawt a? Moses neh Aaron taengah ati na uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ke aha la hoi i lawe mai nei o Iehova ia kakou i keia aina, e make i ka pahikaua, a e lilo at ka kakou mau wahine a me na keiki i i pio? E aho paha e hoi kakou i Aigupita.

English Berean Standard Bible

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?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Poukisa Seyè a mennen nou nan peyi sa a? Koulye a, yo pral touye nou nan lagè, yo pral pran madanm ak pitit nou yo fè yo tounen esklav. Pa pito nou tounen nan peyi Lejip?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Utinam mortui essemus in Ægypto: et in hac vasta solitudine utinam pereamus, et non inducat nos Dominus in terram istam, ne cadamus gladio, et uxores ac liberi nostri ducantur captivi. Nonne melius est reverti in Ægyptum?

Bible in Basic English

Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et pourquoi l’ Éternel nous fait-il venir dans ce pays, pour y tomber par l’épée, pour que nos femmes et nos petits enfants deviennent une proie ? Ne serait-il pas bon pour nous de retourner en Égypte ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A proč Hospodin vede nás do země té, abychom padli od meče, ženy naše i dítky naše aby byly v loupež? Není-liž nám lépe navrátiti se zase do Egypta?

Kosraean Bible

Efu ku LEUM GOD Elan uskutla nu in acn sac tuh kut in misa ke mweun, ac mutan kiasr ac tulik natusr uh ac muta in sruoh. Mea, ac tia wo kut in folokla nu Egypt?”

World Portuguese Bible

Por que o SENHOR nos traz a esta terra, para cairmos à espada? Nossas esposas e nossas crianças serão capturadas ou mortas! Não seria melhor para nós voltarmos para o Egito?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și pentru ce ne-a adus DOMNUL în această țară? Să cădem prin sabie, ca soțiile noastre și copiii noștri să fie o pradă? Nu ar fi mai bine să ne întoarcem în Egipt?

Brenton English Septuagint

Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​သည်​အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့်​ငါ​တို့ ကို​ထို​ပြည်​သို့​ပို့​ဆောင်​ရ​ပါ​သ​နည်း။ ငါ​တို့ သည်​စစ်​ပွဲ​တွင်​ကျ​ဆုံး​ကြ​ပါ​လိမ့်​မည်။ ငါ တို့​၏​သား​မ​ယား​တို့​သည်​လည်း​ရန်​သူ​ဖမ်း သွား​ခြင်း​ခံ​ရ​ပါ​လိမ့်​မည်။ အီ​ဂျစ်​ပြည်​သို့ ပြန်​လျှင်​ကောင်း​မည်'' ဟု​ညည်း​ညူ​ကြ​လေ သည်။-

Darby Translation

And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und warum bringt uns Jehova in dieses Land, daß wir durchs Schwert fallen und unsere Weiber und unsere Kindlein zur Beute werden? Wäre es nicht besser für uns, nach Ägypten zurückzukehren?

Dutch Bible 1917

En waarom brengt ons de HEERE naar dat land, dat wij door het zwaard vallen, en onze vrouwen, en onze kinderkens ten roof worden? Zou het ons niet goed zijn naar Egypte weder te keren?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Waarom brengt Jahweh ons naar dit land, waar wij door het zwaard zullen vallen, en onze vrouwen en kinderen een prooi zullen worden? Is het niet beter, dat we terugkeren naar Egypte?

Italian Diodati Bible

E perchè ci mena il Signore in quel paese, acciocchè siamo morti per la spada, e sieno le nostre mogli, e le nostre famiglie, in preda? non sarebb' egli meglio per noi di ritornarcene in Egitto?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Would God that we had died in Egypt and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore nowe hath the Lord brought vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? our wiues, and our children shall be a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

Danish Bible 1931

Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, når vi skal falde for Sværdet og vore Kvinder og Børn blive til Bytte? Var det dog ikke bedre for os at vende tilbage til Ægypten?”

Leeser Tanakh

And wherefore doth the Lord bring us unto yonder land, to fall by the sword? that our wives and our children may become a prey? is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vì cớ nào Đức Giê-hô-va dẫn chúng tôi vào xứ nầy đặng bị gươm mà ngã? Vợ và con nhỏ chúng tôi sẽ bị làm một miếng mồi. Về phần chúng tôi, há chẳng khá trở về xứ Ê-díp-tô hơn sao?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Pea ko e hā kuo ʻomi ai ʻe Sihova ʻakimautolu ki he fonua ni, ke mau tō ʻi he heletā, kae tuku homau uaifi mo ʻemau fānau ke pōpula? ʻIkai ʻe lelei hake ʻemau toe foki ki ʻIsipite?”

French Ostervald Bible

Et pourquoi l'Éternel nous conduit-il vers ce pays, pour y tomber par l'épée? Nos femmes et nos petits enfants y seront une proie. Ne vaudrait-il pas mieux pour nous, de retourner en Égypte?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj por kio la Eternulo irigas nin en tiun landon, por ke ni falu de glavo? niaj edzinoj kaj infanoj fariĝos militakiro. Ĉu ne estas pli bone, ke ni revenu Egiptujon?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Pourquoi l’Éternel nous fait-il aller dans ce pays, où nous tomberons par l’épée, où nos femmes et nos petits enfants deviendront une proie? Ne vaut-il pas mieux pour nous retourner en Égypte?

German Luther Bible 1912

Warum führt uns der HERR in dies Land, daß wir durchs Schwert fallen und unsere Weiber und unsere Kinder ein Raub werden? Ist's nicht besser, wir ziehen wieder nach Ägypten?

LXX2012 U. S. English

Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

British English Septuagint 2012

Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

Majority Standard BIble

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?”

Webster Bible

And why hath the LORD brought us to 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?

Revised Version

And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones shall be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Italian Riveduta Bible

E perché ci mena l’Eterno in quel paese ove cadremo per la spada? Le nostre mogli e i nostri piccini vi saranno preda del nemico. Non sarebb’egli meglio per noi di tornare in Egitto?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Pourquoi le SEIGNEUR nous conduit-il dans ce pays pour que nous tombions par l'épée ? Nos femmes et nos jeunes enfants seront emmenés comme captifs ! Ne vaudrait-il pas mieux retourner en Égypte ? »

Reina Valera 1909

¿Y por qué nos trae Jehová á esta tierra para caer á cuchillo, y que nuestras mujeres y nuestros chiquitos sean por presa? ¿no nos sería mejor volvernos á Egipto?

Spanish BLL

¿Por qué nos trae Yahvé a esta tierra para que caigamos a espada? ¡Nuestras esposas y nuestros pequeños serán capturados o asesinados! ¿No sería mejor que volviéramos a Egipto?”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿Por qué nos trae Yahvé a esta tierra para que caigamos a espada? ¡Nuestras esposas y nuestros pequeños serán capturados o asesinados! ¿No sería mejor que volviéramos a Egipto?»

Croatian Bible

Zašto nas Jahve vodi u tu zemlju da padnemo od mača a žene naše i djeca da postanu roblje! Zar nam ne bi bilo bolje da se vratimo u Egipat!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Zašto nas vodi Gospod u tu zemlju da izginemo od mača, žene naše i deca naša da postanu roblje? Nije li bolje da se vratimo u Misir?

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And why is the Lord bringing us to this land, that we may fall by the sword, and our wives and our children become a prey? Would it not be better for us to return into Mizraim?

German Textbibel

Warum will uns doch Jahwe in dieses Land bringen, damit mir durch das Schwert fallen? Unsere Weiber und kleinen Kinder aber werden eine Beute der Feinde werden. Wäre es nicht das Beste für uns, wir kehrten nach Ägypten zurück?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲל֧וֹא ט֦וֹב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

World English Bible

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World English Bible British Edition

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World English Bible Classic

Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World English Bible Updated

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World Messianic Bible

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

Wycliffe Bible portions

We wolden that we hadden be deed in Egipt, and not in this waast wildirnesse ; we wolden that we perischen, and that the Lord lede vs not in to this lond, lest we fallen bi swerd, and oure wyues and fre children ben led prisoneris; whether it is not betere to turne ayen in to Egipt?

Young's Literal Translation

and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἱνατί Κύριος εἰσάγει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην πεσεῖν ἐν πολέμῳ; αἱ γυναῖκες ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ παιδία ἔσονται εἰς διαρπαγήν· νῦν οὖν βέλτιον ἡμῖν ἐστιν ἀποστραφῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἢ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ, εἰ ἀπεθάνομεν· καὶ ἱνατί Κύριος εἰσάγει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην πεσεῖν ἐν πολέμῳ; αἱ γυναῖκες ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ παιδία ἔσονται εἰς διαρπαγήν· νῦν οὖν βέλτιόν ἐστιν ἀποστραφῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Пентру че не дуче Домнул ын цара ачаста ын каре вом кэдя учишь де сабие, яр невестеле ноастре ши копилаший ноштри вор фи де жаф? Ну есте оаре май бине сэ не ынтоарчем ын Еӂипт?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І про що веде нас Господь у цю землю? Щоб полягти від меча, та щоб жінки наші і дїти наші зробилися здобичею? Хиба ж не лучче нам, вернути в Египет?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І про що веде нас Господь у цю землю? Щоб полягти від меча, та щоб жінки наші і дїти наші зробилися здобичею? Хиба ж не лучче нам, вернути в Египет?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Зашто нас води Господ у ту земљу да изгинемо од мача, жене наше и деца наша да постану робље? Није ли боље да се вратимо у Мисир?

Russian Synodal Bible

и для чего Господь ведет нас в землю сию, чтобы мы пали от меча? жены наши и дети наши достанутся в добычу врагам; не лучше ли нам возвратиться в Египет?

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲלֹ֧וא טֹ֦וב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ולמה יהוה מביא אתנו אל הארץ הזאת לנפל בחרב נשינו וטפנו יהיו לבז הלוא טוב לנו שוב מצרימה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَلِمَاذَا أَتَى بِنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِنَسْقُطَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ؟ تَصِيرُ نِسَاؤُنَا وَأَطْفَالُنَا غَنِيمَةً. أَلَيْسَ خَيْرًا لَنَا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ إِلَى مِصْرَ؟»

Old Persion Version Bible

و چرا خداوند ما را به این زمین می‌آورد تا به دم شمشیر بیفتیم، و زنان واطفال ما به یغما برده شوند، آیا برگشتن به مصربرای ما بهتر نیست؟»

Judson Burmese Bible

ငါတို့သည် ထား ဖြင့် သေ ၍ သား မယား တို့သည် ရန်သူ လက်သို့ ရောက်စေခြင်းငှါ၊ ထာဝရဘုရား သည် အဘယ်ကြောင့် ငါ တို့ကို ဤ အရပ် သို့ ဆောင် ခဲ့တော်မူသနည်း။ အဲဂုတ္တု ပြည်သို့ ပြန် ကောင်း သည်မ ဟုတ်လော ဟု မောရှေနှင့် အာရုန်အားဆို ပြီးမှ ၊

Korean Bible 1910

어찌하여 여호와가 우리를 그 땅으로 인도하여 칼에 망하게 하려하는고 우리 처자가 사로 잡히리니 애굽으로 돌아가는 것이 낫지 아니하랴'

Japanese Freedom Bible

なぜ主は私たちをこの地に導き入れて、剣に倒れさせようとされるのか。私たちの妻や幼子たちは捕らえられ、あるいは殺されてしまう。私たちにとって、エジプトに帰るほうが良いではないか。」

World Chinese Bible

耶和华为什么把我们带到这地，使我们倒在刀下呢？我们的妻子和孩子必被掳掠或杀害！我们回埃及去不是更好吗？”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

耶和华为什么把我们领到那地，使我们倒在刀下呢？我们的妻子和孩子必被掳掠。我们回 埃及去岂不好吗？」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

耶和華為甚麼把我們領到那地，使我們倒在刀下呢？我們的妻子和孩子必被擄掠。我們回 埃及去豈不好嗎？」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E por que nos traze o SENHOR a esta terra para cair à espada e que nossas mulheres e nossos meninos sejam por presa? não nos seria melhor voltarmos ao Egito?

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Mashi Bible

Carhuma Nyamubâho arhuhêka muli ecôla cihugo, omu engôrho yagendirhumalirira? Bak’irhwe n’abâna bîrhu bakolaga bagendiba mpira zâbo. Ka kurhali kwinjà kuli rhwe rhucîshubirire e Mîsiri erhi kwo?

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Warum führt uns der HERR in dieses Land, daß wir durch das Schwert fallen, und daß unsre Weiber und unsre Kinder zum Raube werden? Ist es nicht besser, wir ziehen wieder nach Ägypten?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

¿Por qué el Señor nos está llevando a esta tierra para morir por la espada? Nuestras esposas y nuestros pequeños se pondrán en manos extrañas: ¿no sería mejor para nosotros regresar a Egipto?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

¿Por qué Yavé nos trae a esta tierra para caer a espada? ¿Para que nuestras mujeres y nuestros pequeños sirvan de presa? ¿No nos sería mejor volvernos a Egipto?

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And why hath Hashem brought us unto this land, to fall by the cherev, that nasheinu (our wives) and our children should be as plunder? Were it not better for us to go back unto Mitzrayim?

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