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.
lest perauenture þe dwelleris of þe lond, out of which thou leddist vs, seien, Þe Lord myyte not bryng hem in to þe lond which he bihiyte to hem, and he hatide hem; þerfor he ledde hem out þat he schulde sle hem in wildirnesse;