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 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). You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it. 32However, your bodies will drop dead in this desert. 33Your children will be shepherds in the desert for 40 years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert.

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 family of Hezron, and the family of Carmi.
• Deuteronomy 1:39Although you thought the little children would be captured in war, your children, who are still too young to know the difference between good and evil, will enter that land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.
• Numbers 14:3Why is the Lord bringing us to this land—just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
• Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau a meal of bread and lentils. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. This is how Esau showed his contempt for his rights as firstborn.
• Psalms 106:24They refused ⌞to enter⌟ the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said.
• Proverbs 1:25You ignored all my advice. You did not want me to warn you.
• Matthew 22:5“But they paid no attention and went away. Some went to work in their own fields, and others went to their businesses.
• Acts 13:41‘Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you!’ ”
• Hebrews 12:16Make sure that no one commits sexual sin or is as concerned about earthly things as Esau was. He sold his rights as the firstborn son 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