Numbers 14:31
What does Numbers 14:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 14:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`As to your infants--of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become--I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But your children, of whom you said, that they should be a prey to the enemies, will I bring in: that they may see the land which you have despised.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But your little ones, of whom ye said they should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land that ye have despised.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 25:34
And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.
- Numbers 14:3
And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
- Psalms 106:24
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
- Hebrews 12:16
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
- Numbers 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Acts 13:41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
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