Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn 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.”
Bible in Basic English
And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back 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."
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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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 14:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Complain
3 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?' 4 And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.' 5 And Moses falleth -- Aaron also -- on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16
'Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more.
Acts 7:39
to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
Deuteronomy 28:68
'And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'
Nehemiah 9:16-17
'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
Luke 17:32
remember the wife of Lot.
Hebrews 10:38-39
and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
Hebrews 11:15
and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
2 Peter 2:21-22
for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,