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Bible in Basic English
And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
So they said to one another, “
King James Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Holman Bible
So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”
International Standard Version
Then they told each other, "Let's assign a leader and go back to Egypt."
A Conservative Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
American Standard Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Amplified
So they said one to another, “Let us appoint a [new] leader and return to Egypt.”
Darby Translation
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, a man to his brother, We will give a head, and turn back to Egypt
King James 2000
And they said one to another, Let us choose a leader, and let us return into Egypt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They said to each other}, "Let us appoint a leader, and we will return [to] Egypt."
Modern King James verseion
And they said to one another, Let us make a leader, and let us return to Egypt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they said, one to another, "Let us make a captain and return unto Egypt again."
NET Bible
So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt."
New Heart English Bible
They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."
The Emphasized Bible
And they said, one to another, - Let us appoint a head and let us go back towards Egypt.
Webster
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
World English Bible
They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."
Youngs Literal Translation
And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'
Themes
Conspiracy » Instances of » Miriam and aaron, against moses
Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » In fearing to attempt the conquest of canaan
Disobedience to God » Instances of » In refusing to enter the promised land
Government » Mosaic » Refused to make conquest of canaan
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Mutiny » Israelites against moses
Trouble » Instances of » When the spies brought their adverse report
Interlinear
Nathan
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 14:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Complain
3 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? 4 And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16
And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
Acts 7:39
By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,
Deuteronomy 28:68
And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.
Nehemiah 9:16-17
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
Luke 17:32
Keep in mind Lot's wife.
Hebrews 10:38-39
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 11:15
And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.