Numbers 14:7

What does Numbers 14:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 14:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, <FI>is<Fi> a very very good land;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.

Context

v.6And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

v.7This passage

v.8If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 8:7

    For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

  • Deuteronomy 6:10

    And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,

  • Deuteronomy 1:25

    And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

  • Numbers 13:27

    And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

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