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 Living Translation (NLT)“‘You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

Context of Numbers 14:31

29The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. 32But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed 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 26:6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
• Deuteronomy 1:39‘Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
• Numbers 14:3Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
• Genesis 25:34And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
• Psalms 106:24Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,
• Proverbs 1:25Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,
• Matthew 22:5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
• Acts 13:41‘Behold, you despisers, Marvel and perish! For I work a work in your days, A work which you will by no means believe, Though one were to declare it to you.’ ”
• Hebrews 12:16lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food 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