Numbers 14:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 14:4

2 ^aAnd all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to¹ fall by the sword, that our wives and ^achildren should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

4 So they said to one another, ^a“Let us select a leader and ^breturn to Egypt.”

5 Then Moses and Aaron¹ fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: ^a“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 14:4

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American Standard Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Amplified® Bible
And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Then they said to one another, "Let's choose our own leader and go back."

Darby English Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

Good News Bible
So they said to one another, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"

King James Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."

New International Version
And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

New King James Version
So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So they said to one another, " Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."

Revised Standard Version
And they said to one another, "Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt."

Young's Literal Translation
And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

New English Translation
So they said to one another,¹ “Let’s appoint² a leader³ and return⁴ to Egypt.”

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