Numbers 14:36

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, and who returned and caused the whole assembly to complain by spreading a bad report about the land—

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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,

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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,

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the men,{H582} whom Moses{H4872} sent{H7971} to spy{H8446} out the land,{H776} who returned,{H7725} and made all the congregation{H5712} to murmur{H3885} against him, by bringing up{H3318} an evil report{H1681} against the land,{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the men{H582}, which Moses{H4872} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to search{H8446}{(H8800)} the land{H776}, who returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and made all the congregation{H5712} to murmur{H3885}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H3885}{(H8735)} against him, by bringing up{H3318}{(H8687)} a slander{H1681} upon the land{H776},

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the men which Moses sent to serche the londe and which (when they came agayne) made all the people to murmure agenst it in that they broughte vpp a slaunder apon ye londe:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the me, whom Moses sent to spye out the lade, & came agayne, and made the whole cogregacion to murmur agaynst it, because they brought vp a my?reporte of the lande,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the men whiche Moyses sent to searche the lande, and whiche (when they came agayne) made all the people to murmure against hym, and brought vp a sclaunder vpon the lande:

  • Authorized 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,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • 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,

  • 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,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

Referenced Verses

  • Num 13:4-9 : 4 These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
  • Num 13:31-33 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 14:37-41
    5 verses
    85%

    37 those men who spread the bad report about the land were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

    38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, survived.

    39 When Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

    40 Early the next morning they set out toward the top of the hill and said, 'Here we are! We are ready to go up to the place the LORD promised, for we have sinned.'

    41 But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.

  • Num 14:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

    27 How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, who are murmuring against me.

  • 2 The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  • Num 13:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 At the end of forty days, they returned from exploring the land.

    26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire assembly of the Israelites at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Paran. There they reported to them and showed them the fruit of the land.

  • Num 14:29-31
    3 verses
    75%

    29 In this wilderness, your dead bodies will fall—every one of you who was numbered in the census, twenty years old or more, who grumbled against me.

    30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore by uplifted hand to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

    31 But your children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them in to know the land that you have rejected.

  • Num 14:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition.

    35 I, the LORD, have spoken. I will surely do this to this entire wicked community who conspired against me; they will meet their end in this wilderness, and here they will die.

  • 27 You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

  • Num 32:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7 Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

    8 This is what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land.

    9 They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

  • Num 14:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22 none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times,

    23 not one of them will see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has spurned me will see it.

  • 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.

  • Num 14:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

    11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Num 14:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes.

    7 And they said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

  • 16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • Deut 1:34-35
    2 verses
    72%

    34 When the LORD heard what you said, He became angry and swore an oath:

    35 Not one man of this evil generation will see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,

  • 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • 22 Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • 3 So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the LORD’s command. All of them were men who were leaders of the Israelites.

  • 11 'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • 17 When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.

  • Ps 106:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24 But they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

    25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

  • 14 This is because you rebelled against my command in the Wilderness of Zin, during the assembly’s strife, when you failed to uphold my holiness before their eyes at the waters. These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

  • 16 They envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

  • 3 But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • 16 Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Exod 16:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7 and in the morning, you will see the glory of the LORD, because He has heard your complaints against Him. Who are we that you complain against us?"

    8 And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because He has heard your complaints against Him. But who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD."

    9 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the entire assembly of the Israelites, 'Come before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.'"

  • 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'

  • 24 They set out and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

  • 13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: