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Numbers 14:41

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14:41But Moses said, “Why68 are you now transgressing the commandment69 of the Lord? It will not succeed!

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Footnotes

  1. 68 The line literally has, “Why is this [that] you are transgressing.…” The demonstrative pronoun is enclitic; it brings the force of “why in the world are you doing this now?”
  2. 69 Heb “mouth.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, when that will not succeed?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Moses responded, “Why are you going against the Lord’s command? It won’t succeed.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Moses said, “Why are you now disobeying the Lord’s orders to return to the wilderness? It won’t work.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Moses said, “Why are you going against the command of Yahweh? It will not succeed.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.