Deuteronomy 9:28
Deuteronomy 9:28 New International Version (NIV)
Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’
Deuteronomy 9:27-28 The Message (MSG)
“Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don’t make too much of the stubbornness of this people, their evil and their sin, lest the Egyptians from whom you rescued them say, ‘GOD couldn’t do it; he got tired and wasn’t able to take them to the land he promised them. He ended up hating them and dumped them in the wilderness to die.’
Deuteronomy 9:28 King James Version (KJV)
lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 9:28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Otherwise the land from which You brought us may say, “Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”
Deuteronomy 9:28 New Century Version (NCV)
Otherwise, Egypt will say, ‘It was because the LORD was not able to take his people into the land he promised them, and it was because he hated them that he took them into the desert to kill them.’
Deuteronomy 9:28 American Standard Version (ASV)
lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 9:28 New King James Version (NKJV)
lest the land from which You brought us should say, “Because the LORD was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”
Deuteronomy 9:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)
so that the [people of the] land from which You brought us will not say, “Because the LORD was not capable of bringing them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to the wilderness [in order] to kill them.”
Deuteronomy 9:28 New Living Translation (NLT)
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.”