Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” New Living Translation Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!” English Standard Version And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” Berean Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” King James Bible And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. New King James Version So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.” New American Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt!” NASB 1995 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” NASB 1977 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Legacy Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Amplified Bible So they said one to another, “Let us appoint a [new] leader and return to Egypt.” Christian Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” American Standard Version And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Contemporary English Version Then they said to one another, "Let's choose our own leader and go back." English Revised Version And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. GOD'S WORD® Translation They said to each other, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt." Good News Translation So they said to one another, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!" International Standard Version Then they told each other, "Let's assign a leader and go back to Egypt." Majority Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” NET Bible So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt." New Heart English Bible And they said to one another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt." Webster's Bible Translation And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. World English Bible They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they say to one another, “Let us appoint a head and return to Egypt.” Young's Literal Translation And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.' Smith's Literal Translation And they will say, a man to his brother, We will give a head, and turn back to Egypt. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to one another, “Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt.” New American Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” New Revised Standard Version So they said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they said one to another, Let us appoint a leader, and let us return to Egypt. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they said, each man to his brother, “Come, we shall make a Leader for us and we shall return to Egypt!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The People Rebel…3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” 5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.… Cross References Exodus 16:3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” Exodus 17:3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” Deuteronomy 1:27 You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them. Psalm 106:25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. Acts 7:39 But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. Exodus 14:11-12 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” Deuteronomy 9:23 And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. Jeremiah 44:16-17 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! / Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:24 For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers. Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Hebrews 4:1-2 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. 1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. Treasury of Scripture And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Deuteronomy 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. Nehemiah 9:16,17 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, … Jump to Previous Appoint Captain Choose Egypt Head TurnJump to Next Appoint Captain Choose Egypt Head TurnNumbers 14 1. The people murmur at the news6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them 11. God threatens them 13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon 26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land 36. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague 40. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten And they said to one another This phrase introduces a collective decision-making process among the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "said" is "אָמַר" (amar), which often implies not just speaking but also a deliberation or intention. This reflects a moment of communal dialogue, highlighting the unity in their discontent. Historically, this setting is after the Israelites have received the discouraging report from the spies about the Promised Land, leading to a crisis of faith. The phrase underscores the power of collective influence and the potential for groupthink, especially when fear overrides faith. Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another, אָחִ֑יו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) “Let us appoint נִתְּנָ֥ה (nit·tə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a leader רֹ֖אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head and return וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה (wə·nā·šū·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Egypt.” מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ (miṣ·rā·yə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Links Numbers 14:4 NIVNumbers 14:4 NLT Numbers 14:4 ESV Numbers 14:4 NASB Numbers 14:4 KJV Numbers 14:4 BibleApps.com Numbers 14:4 Biblia Paralela Numbers 14:4 Chinese Bible Numbers 14:4 French Bible Numbers 14:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 14:4 They said one to another Let us (Nu Num.) |