Numbers 14:27
How 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.
Numbers 14:27 in other translations
| BSB | “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me. |
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| WEB | “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me. |
| ASV | How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. |
| YLT | ‘Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard; |
| DARBY | How long shall I bear with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. |
| BBE | How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears. |
| Webster | How 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. |
What does Numbers 14:27 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:20-35
The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out of it. The promise of God should be fulfilled to their children. They wished to die in the wilderness; God made their sin their ruin, took them at their word, and their carcases fell in the wilderness. They were made to groan…
Numbers 14:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:27
- Exodus 16:12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
- Exodus 16:28
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Mark 9:19
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
- Numbers 14:11
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
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Context
- Numbers 14:26
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 14:27
How 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.
- Numbers 14:28
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Numbers 14:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hasta cuándo oiré esta depravada multitud que murmura contra mí, las querellas de los hijos de Israel, que de mí se quejan? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jusques à quand supporterai-je cette méchante assemblée qui murmure contre moi? J’ai entendu les murmures des fils d’Israël, qu’ils murmurent contre moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie lange soll es mit dieser bösen Gemeinde währen, daß sie wider mich murrt? Das Murren der Kinder Israel, das sie wider mich murren, habe ich gehört. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Usquequo multitudo hæc pessima murmurat contra me? querelas filiorum Israël audivi. |