King James Version
Numbers 14:41 in the King James Version says “And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.”
Numbers 14:41 · KJV
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“Wherefore now do ye transgress”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the commandment”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but it shall not prosper”
H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
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