Numbers 14:3

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?

And wherefore hath the LORD {H3068} brought {H935} us unto this land {H776}, to fall {H5307} by the sword {H2719}, that our wives {H802} and our children {H2945} should be a prey {H957}? were it not better {H2896} for us to return {H7725} into Egypt {H4714}?

Why is ADONAI bringing us to this land, where we will die by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be taken as booty! Wouldn't it be better for us to return to 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?”

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?

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Numbers 14:31

    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.

  • Numbers 14:32

    But [as for] you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

  • Jeremiah 9:3

    And 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.

  • Psalms 78:40

    ¶ How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!

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