New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 106:24
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 And awesome things by the Red Sea. 23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word, 25But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord. 26Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
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וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֑ה לֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ לִדְבָרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 106:24
- Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
- Numbers 13:32So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.
- Numbers 14:31Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey--I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.
- Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
- Hebrews 12:16that there be no immoral or godless person 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 it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
- Jeremiah 3:19“Then I said, ‘How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, 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 from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?
- Deuteronomy 1:32But for all this, you did not trust the Lord your God,
- Hebrews 3:12Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
- Hebrews 4:2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.
- Jude 1:5Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.
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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