Logos Bible Study

Numbers 14:27

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

14:27“How long must I bear44 with this evil congregation45 that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 44 The figure is aposiopesis, or sudden silence. The main verb is deleted from the line, “how long … this evil community.” The intensity of the emotion is the reason for the ellipsis.
  2. 45 It is worth mentioning in passing that this is one of the Rabbinic proof texts for having at least ten men to form a congregation and have prayer. If God called ten men (the bad spies) a “congregation,” then a congregation must have ten men. But here the word “community/congregation” refers in this context to the people of Israel as a whole, not just to the ten spies.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against me.

NLTNew Living Translation

“How long must I put up with this wicked community and its complaints about me? Yes, I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making against me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“How long will I bear this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites which they are making against me.

KJV 1900King James Version

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.