Numbers 14:36

What does Numbers 14:36 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 14:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Therefore all the men, whom Moses had sent to view the land, and who at their return had made the whole multitude to murmur against him, speaking ill of the land that it was naught,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,

Context

v.35I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

v.36This passage

v.37even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 13:31

    But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

  • Numbers 13:4

    And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

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