Numbers 14:4
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
So they said to one another, “Let us appoint 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.”

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."

Contemporary English Version
Then they said to one another, "Let's choose our own leader and go back."

Good News Translation
So they said to one another, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They said to each other, "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."

NET Bible
So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt."
Classic Translations
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.”

King James 2000 Bible
And they said one to another, Let us choose a leader, and let us return into Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
And they said to one another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."

World English Bible
They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."

American King James Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

American Standard Version
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

A Faithful Version
And they said to one another, "Let us make a leader, and let us return to Egypt."

Darby Bible Translation
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

English Revised Version
And they said one to 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And they sayd one to another: Let vs make a captayne, and returne vnto Egypt agayne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And they sayde one to another: Let vs make a captayne, and go into Egipte agayne.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And they sayde one to another: let vs make a captayne and returne vnto Egipte agayne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And 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 Bible
And 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.”

Translations from Aramaic
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!”

Lamsa Bible
And they said one to another, Let us appoint a leader, and let us return to Egypt.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And 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.
















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