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 corpses will fall in this wilderness — all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you twenty years old or more — because you have complained about me. 30I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it. 32But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. 33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But your little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
• which ye saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• should be a preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• them will I bring inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• and they shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• which ye have despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988

Cross-references for Numbers 14:31

• Numbers 26:6the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Carmite clan from Carmi.
• Deuteronomy 1:39Your children, who you said would be plunder, your sons who don’t yet know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.
• Numbers 14:3Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
• Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.
• Psalms 106:24They despised the pleasant land and did not believe his promise.
• Proverbs 1:25since you neglected all my counsel and did not accept my correction,
• Matthew 22:5“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business,
• Acts 13:41Look, you scoffers, marvel and vanish away, because I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.”
• Hebrews 12:16And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for a single meal.

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