God’s Word Translation
Numbers 14:28
28So tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do.
Numbers 14:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
- New International Version (NIV)So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Say to them, 'As I live, declares the Lord, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:
Context of Numbers 14:28
26Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 27“How long must I put up with this wicked community that keeps complaining about me? I’ve heard the complaints the Israelites are making about me. So tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do. 29Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least 20 years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die. 30I raised my hand and swore an oath to give you this land to live in. But none of you will enter it except Caleb (son of Jephunneh) and Joshua (son of Nun).
Read all of Numbers 14Numbers 14:28 word by word
אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 14:28
- Numbers 14:21But as I live and as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, I solemnly swear that
- Numbers 26:64Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai.
- Numbers 32:11‘None of the people 20 years old or older, who came from Egypt, will see the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath. This is because they didn’t wholeheartedly follow me.’
- Deuteronomy 1:35“Not one of these evil people will ever see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors,
- Psalms 90:8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Hebrews 3:17With whom was God angry for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned and died in the desert.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
Commentaries on Numbers 14:28
- 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. 28Israel’s disobedience brought on the consequences they feared would come from obeying.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
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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
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