Numbers 14:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.””
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“Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we <FI>are<Fi> , and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 14:40 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:41“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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