Numbers 14:41
Good News Translation
But Moses said, "Then why are you disobeying the LORD now? You will not succeed!

New Revised Standard Version
But Moses said, “Why do you continue to transgress the command of the LORD? That will not succeed.

Contemporary English Version
But Moses replied, "You're disobeying the LORD! Your plan won't work,

New American Bible
But Moses said, “Why are you now transgressing the LORD’s order? This cannot succeed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?

do ye

Numbers 14:25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys. To morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

2 Chronicles 24:20 The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?

but it shall

Job 4:9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

Jeremiah 2:37 For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.

Jeremiah 32:5 And he shall lead Sedecias to Babylon: and he shall be there till I visit him, saith the Lord. But if you will fight against the Chaldeans, you shall have no success.

Context
Defeat by the Amalekites and Canaanites
40And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned. 41And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?42Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:42
The Lord said to me: Say to them: Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.

2 Chronicles 24:20
The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?

Numbers 14:40
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