‘ The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’

‘耶和华因为不能把这百姓领进他向他们起誓应许之地，所以在旷野把他们杀了。’

‘耶和华因为不能把这百姓领进他向他们起誓应许之地，所以在旷野把他们杀了。’

‘耶和华因为不能把这百姓领进他向他们起誓应许之地，所以在旷野把他们杀了。’

‘耶和华无法把以色列人领到祂起誓要赐给他们的地方，所以在旷野把他们杀了。’

‘因为耶和华不能把这民领进他向他们起誓应许的地，所以在旷野把他们杀了。’

『耶和華因為不能把這百姓領進他向他們起誓應許之地，所以在曠野把他們殺了。』

『耶和華因為不能把這百姓領進他向他們起誓應許之地，所以在曠野把他們殺了。』

『耶和華因為不能把這百姓領進他向他們起誓應許之地，所以在曠野把他們殺了。』

『耶和華無法把以色列人領到祂起誓要賜給他們的地方，所以在曠野把他們殺了。』

‘因為耶和華不能把這民領進他向他們起誓應許的地，所以在曠野把他們殺了。’

「這是因為永恆主不能把這人民領進他向他們起誓應許之地、故此在曠野把他們宰殺掉了。」

耶和華不能導斯民、入所誓許之地、故滅之於野、

昔耶和華誓以斯土予以色列民、惟不能導之入彼、故滅之於野。

緣耶和華無力導斯民入所誓賜之地、故戮之於野、

‘ The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

‘ The Lord promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.’

‘ It is because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’

‘ Since the LORD wasn’t able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them, he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

‘ Since the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

‘ Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

‘ Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

‘ Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’

‘ Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’

If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say,“ The Israelites died because the Lord wasn’t able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say,“ He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”

For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”

Then Joshua cried out,“ Oh, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!

I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them.But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say,“ Our own power has triumphed! The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’