Numbers 14:38
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.
Numbers 14:38 in other translations
| BSB | Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive. |
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| WEB | But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land. |
| ASV | But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land. |
| YLT | and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land. |
| DARBY | But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land. |
| BBE | But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease. |
| Webster | But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. |
What does Numbers 14:38 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.
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…
Numbers 14:38 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:38
- Joshua 14:6-10
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. …
- Numbers 26:65
For 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.
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Context
- Numbers 14:37
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
- Numbers 14:38
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.
- Numbers 14:39
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Numbers 14:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Josué hijo de Nun, y Caleb hijo de Jephone, quedaron con vida de entre aquellos hombres que habían ido á reconocer la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais d’entre les hommes qui étaient allés pour reconnaître le pays, Josué, fils de Nun, et Caleb, fils de Jephunné, seuls vécurent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber Josua, der Sohn Nuns, und Kaleb, der Sohn Jephunnes, blieben am Leben von jenen Männern, welche gegangen waren, das Land auszukundschaften. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Josue autem filius Nun, et Caleb filius Jephone, vixerunt ex omnibus qui perrexerant ad considerandam terram. |