Numbers 14:41
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And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?

do ye

Numbers 14:25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys. To morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

2 Chronicles 24:20 The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?

but it shall

Job 4:9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

Jeremiah 2:37 For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.

Jeremiah 32:5 And he shall lead Sedecias to Babylon: and he shall be there till I visit him, saith the Lord. But if you will fight against the Chaldeans, you shall have no success.

Context
Defeat by the Amalekites and Canaanites
40And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned. 41And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?42Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:42
The Lord said to me: Say to them: Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.

2 Chronicles 24:20
The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?

Lexicon
But Moses
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you
אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

transgressing
עֹבְרִ֖ים (‘ō·ḇə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

the commandment
פִּ֣י (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of the LORD?
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

This
וְהִ֖וא (wə·hi·w)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

succeed!
תִצְלָֽח׃ (ṯiṣ·lāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward


Additional Translations
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper.

And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?

And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?

And Moses saith, 'Why is this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
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