And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. Context Defeat by Amalekites and Canaanites
40And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, See, we be here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned. 41And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 42Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that you be not smitten before your enemies. 43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 44But they presumed to go up to the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?
Darby Bible Translation
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
King James Bible
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith, 'Why is this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
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