Numbers 14 · Verse 36

Numbers 14:36

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,
Numbers 14:36, King James Version

Numbers 14:36 in other translations

BSBSo the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
WEBThe 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,
ASVAnd 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,
YLTAnd 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,
DARBYAnd the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,
BBEAnd 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,
WebsterAnd the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing a slander upon the land,

What does Numbers 14:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 14:36-38
36-38. those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord--Ten of the spies struck dead on the spot--either by the pestilence or some other judgment. This great and appalling mortality clearly betokened the hand of the Lord.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:36-39
Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it did them no service. There is in hell such mourning as this; but tears will not quench the flames, nor cool the tongue.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 14:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔יםve.Ha.'a.na.Shimand the menH582
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
שָׁלַ֥חsha.Lachhe sentH7971
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לָת֣וּרla.Turto spy outH8446
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they returnedH7725
וַיַּלִּ֤ינוּvai.yi.lo.nuand they caused to grumbleH3885
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavon himH5921
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
לְהוֹצִ֥יאle.ho.Tzi'by bringing outH3318
דִבָּ֖הdi.Baha bad reportH1681
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 14:36

  • Numbers 13:31-33

    But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

  • Numbers 13:4-16

    And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. …

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Context

  • 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.

  • Numbers 14:36

    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,

  • Numbers 14:37

    Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

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Numbers 14:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los varones que Moisés envió á reconocer la tierra, y vueltos habían hecho murmurar contra él á toda la congregación, desacreditando aquel país,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les hommes que Moïse avait envoyés pour reconnaître le pays, et qui revinrent et firent murmurer contre lui toute l’assemblée en décriant le pays,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Männer, welche Mose ausgesandt hatte, um das Land auszukundschaften, und die zurückkehrten und die ganze Gemeinde wider ihn murren machten, indem sie ein böses Gerücht über das Land ausbrachten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur omnes viri, quos miserat Moyses ad contemplandam terram, et qui reversi murmurare fecerant contra eum omnem multitudinem, detrahentes terræ quod esset mala,