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Psalms 106:24
24Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,
Psalms 106:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
- New International Version (NIV)Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,
Context of Psalms 106:24
22Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea. 23Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it, 25But they sulked and complained in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord. 26Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,
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וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֑ה לֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ לִדְבָרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 106:24
- Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. In this way Esau scorned his birthright.
- Numbers 13:32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we went, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
- Numbers 14:31But your children whom you said would become plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land which you have despised and rejected.
- Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
- Hebrews 12:16and [see to it] that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
- Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 11:11But the land into which you are about to cross to possess, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
- Jeremiah 3:19“Then I said, ‘How [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father And not turn away from following Me.’
- Ezekiel 20:6on that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, [plentiful and] flowing with milk and honey, [a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands.
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me disrespectfully and reject Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the [miraculous] signs which I have performed among them?
- Deuteronomy 1:32Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God,
- Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.
- Hebrews 4:2For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also [when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith [in God] by those who heard.
- Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you are fully informed once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe [who refused to trust and obey and rely on Him].
Commentaries on Psalms 106:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Yea, they despised the pleasant land - Margin, as in Hebrew, “land of desire.” That is, a country “to be desired,” - a country whose situation, climate, productions, made it desirable as a place of abode. Such Palestine was always represented to be to the children of Israel (Leviticus 20:24; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:14; Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; et al.;) but this land had to them, at the time here referred to, no attractions, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-33Verses 13-33 Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God, no thankfulness, no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25The people disobeyed God’s command when they refused to enter the pleasant land (the promised land (see Jeremiah 3:19). they did not believe His promise: See Numbers 13:25–14:12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2724-27. The sin of refusing to invade Canaan, "the pleasant land" (Jr 3:19; Eze 20:6; Da 8:9), "the land of beauty," was punished by the destruction of that generation (Nu 14:28), and the threat of dispersion (De 4:25; 28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added. despised--(Nu 14:31). believed not his word--by which He promised He would give them the land; but rather the word…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 106
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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