Numbers 14 · Verse 39

Numbers 14:39

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Numbers 14:39, King James Version

Numbers 14:39 in other translations

BSBAnd when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
WEBMoses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
ASVAnd Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
YLTAnd Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,
DARBYAnd Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.
BBEAnd when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.
WebsterAnd Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

What does Numbers 14:39 mean?

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…

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Numbers 14:39 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.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּvai.yit.'a.be.Luand they mournedH56
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdexceedinglyH3966

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

Cross references for Numbers 14:39

  • Exodus 33:4

    And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

  • Hebrews 12:17

    For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

  • Matthew 8:12

    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Isaiah 26:16

    Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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mourned greatly.
Ex 33:4; Pr 19:3; Isa 26:16; Mt 8:12; Heb 12:17

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Context

  • 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 14:40

    And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.

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Numbers 14:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Moisés dijo estas cosas á todos los hijos de Israel, y el pueblo se enlutó mucho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse dit ces choses à tous les fils d’Israël, et le peuple mena très grand deuil.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als Mose jene Worte zu allen Kindern Israel redete, da trauerte das Volk sehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Locutusque est Moyses universa verba hæc ad omnes filios Israël, et luxit populus nimis.