KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 14:40
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
They rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, ‘Here we are, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 14
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 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.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
42 Go not up, for the LORD [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּH7925 · sha.khamto riseבַבֹּ֔קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningוַיַּֽעֲל֥וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רֹאשׁ־H7218 · roshheadהָהָ֖רH2022 · harmountain: mountלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayהִנֶּ֗נּוּH2005 · henlook!וְעָלִ֛ינוּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמָּק֛וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichאָמַ֥רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforחָטָֽאנוּ׃H2398 · cha.tato sin
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.Matthew 7:21-23Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:Ecclesiastes 9:3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.Matthew 26:11-12For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
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