Numbers 14:31
“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.”
Numbers 14:31 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- 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.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- But 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.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- But 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.
- DARBYDarby
- But 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.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- 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;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- But your little ones, whom you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land you have rejected.
Context: Numbers 14
29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31But 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.
32But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
About Numbers 14: The Israelites Rebel and are Condemned to Wander in the Wilderness
The Israelites rebel against God's command to enter the land of Canaan, and as a punishment, they will wander in the wilderness for forty years.
Commentary
In Numbers 14, the Israelites are in the wilderness and have just heard a report from the twelve spies that they sent out to scout the land of Canaan. Ten of the spies have returned with a negative report, saying that the land is too difficult to conquer. The people become discouraged and begin to grumble against Moses and Aaron, and even suggest that they should return to Egypt.