Numbers 14:4 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.`
English ASV
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
English Amplified
And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
English EASY 2024
So they said to each other, ‘We should choose a new leader instead of Moses. Then we should return to Egypt.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Then the people said to each other, "Let's choose another leader and go back to Egypt."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
So they said to one another, “Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!”
English God's Word - GW 1995
They said to each other, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt."
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and go back to Egypt."
English KJV 1611
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
English LSB
So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
And they said one to another, “Let us select a leader, and let us return to Egypt.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and go back to Egypt."
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They said to one another, "We should choose another leader. We should go back to Egypt."
English NIV
And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."
English NKJ 1982
So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”
English NLT
Then they plotted among themselves, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
So they said to one another, "Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt."
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
And they said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The idea swept the camp. “Let's elect a leader to take us back to Egypt!“ they shouted.
English Tyndale 1537
And they said one to another: let us make a captain and return unto Egypt again.