KJV King James Version
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 14:35
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
WEB World English Bible
I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
ASV American Standard Version
I, 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me;—in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 14
32 But [as for] you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 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,
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDדִּבַּרְתִּי֒H1696 · da.varto speak: speakאִם־H518 · imifלֹ֣א׀H3808 · lonotזֹ֣אתH2063 · zotthisאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעֵדָ֤הH5712 · e.dahcongregationהָֽרָעָה֙H7451 · rabad: harmfulהַזֹּ֔אתH2063 · zotthisהַנּוֹעָדִ֖יםH3259 · ya.adto appointעָלָ֑יH5921 · aluponבַּמִּדְבָּ֥רH4057 · mid.barmouthהַזֶּ֛הH2088 · zehthisיִתַּ֖מּוּH8552 · ta.mamto finishוְשָׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereיָמֻֽתוּ׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?1 Corinthians 10:5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.Numbers 26:65For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.Hebrews 3:19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.Numbers 14:27-29How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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