Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Numbers 14:8 in other translations
| BSB | If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. |
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| WEB | If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey. |
| ASV | If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. |
| YLT | if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey; |
| DARBY | If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey; |
| BBE | And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| Webster | If the LORD delighteth in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. |
What does Numbers 14:8 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:5-10
Moses and Aaron were astonished to see a people throw away their own mercies. Caleb and Joshua assured the people of the goodness of the land. They made nothing of the difficulties in the way of their gaining it. If men were convinced of the desirableness of the gains of religion, they would not stick at the services of it. Though the Canaanites dwell in walled cities, their defence was departed from them. The other…
Numbers 14:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:8
- 2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Isaiah 62:4
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
- Numbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
- Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- Psalms 147:10-11
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- 1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
- Psalms 22:8
He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
- Jeremiah 32:41
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- 2 Samuel 15:25-26
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
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Context
- Numbers 14:7
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
- Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
- Numbers 14:9
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
Numbers 14:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si Jehová se agradare de nosotros, él nos meterá en esta tierra, y nos la entregará; tierra que fluye leche y miel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si l’ Éternel prend plaisir en nous, il nous fera entrer dans ce pays-là et nous le donnera, un pays qui ruisselle de lait et de miel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn Jehova Gefallen an uns hat, so wird er uns in dieses Land bringen und es uns geben, ein Land, das von Milch und Honig fließt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si propitius fuerit Dominus, inducet nos in eam, et tradet humum lacte et melle manantem. |