Numbers 14:31

Numbers 14:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
• New International Version (NIV)As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

Context of Numbers 14:31

29Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. 30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it. 32As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

Numbers 14:31 word by word

וְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֑ה וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְאַסְתֶּ֖ם בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• But I will bring your childrenטַףţaph · childH2945
• whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• would becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• plunderבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• intoבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• you have rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• and they will enjoy itיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Numbers 14:31

• Numbers 26:6the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.
• Deuteronomy 1:39And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
• Numbers 14:3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
• Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
• Psalms 106:24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
• Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
• Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
• Hebrews 12:16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

Commentaries on Numbers 14:31

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out of it. The promise of God should be fulfilled to their children. They wished to die in the wilderness; God made their sin their ruin, took them at their word, and their carcases fell in the wilderness. They were made to groan under the burden of their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-451. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:31

• Holy Spirit
• Infidelity
• Israel
• Judgments
• Murmuring
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Kadesh
• Mercy
• Murmuring
• Tell
• Wandering
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on Numbers 14

• 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
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings