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Numbers 14:16,18 - Compare All Versions

Numbers 14:16 NIV (New International Version)

‘The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 NIV (New International Version)

‘The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’

Numbers 14:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

‘It is because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’

Numbers 14:16 NLT (New Living Translation)

‘The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 NLT (New Living Translation)

‘The LORD is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’

Numbers 14:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

‘Since the LORD wasn’t able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them,  he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,  forgiving iniquity and rebellion.  But he will not leave the guilty unpunished,  bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 14:16 KJV (King James Version)

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Numbers 14:18 KJV (King James Version)

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 14:16 NKJV (New King James Version)

‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 NKJV (New King James Version)

‘The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’

Numbers 14:13-16 MSG (The Message)

But Moses said to GOD, “The Egyptians are going to hear about this! You delivered this people from Egypt with a great show of strength, and now this? The Egyptians will tell everyone. They’ve already heard that you are GOD, that you are on the side of this people, that you are present among them, that they see you with their own eyes in your Cloud that hovers over them, in the Pillar of Cloud that leads them by day and the Pillar of Fire at night. If you kill this entire people in one stroke, all the nations that have heard what has been going on will say, ‘Since GOD couldn’t get these people into the land which he had promised to give them, he slaughtered them out in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 MSG (The Message)

GOD, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; Still, never just whitewashing sin. But extending the fallout of parents’ sins to children into the third, even the fourth generation.

Numbers 14:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

‘Since the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

Numbers 14:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)

‘Because the LORD was not able to bring these people into the land which He promised to give them, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 AMP (Amplified Bible)

‘The LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving wickedness and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting (avenging) the wickedness and guilt of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].’ [Ex 34:6, 7]

Numbers 14:16 NET (New English Translation)

‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:18 NET (New English Translation)

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’