Numbers 32 · Verse 7

Numbers 32:7

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
Numbers 32:7, King James Version

Numbers 32:7 in other translations

BSBWhy are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
WEBWhy do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
ASVAnd wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?
YLTand why discourage ye the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them?
DARBYAnd why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them?
BBEWhy would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
WebsterAnd why discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

What does Numbers 32:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6-19

6-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:6-15

The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them of the fatal…

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Numbers 32:7 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.

וְלָ֣מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?H4100
תְנִיא֔וּןte.nu.'undo you discourage !H5106
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לֵ֖בlev[the] heart ofH3820
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵֽעֲבֹר֙me.'a.Vorfrom passing overH5674
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto <the> them
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Numbers 32:7

  • Numbers 13:27-14:4

    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. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. …

  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

  • Numbers 32:9

    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

  • Numbers 21:4

    And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wherefore.
9; 21:4; De 1:28
discourage. Heb. break.
Ac 21:13

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Context

  • Numbers 32:6

    And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

  • Numbers 32:7

    And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

  • Numbers 32:8

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.

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Numbers 32:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Y por qué prevenís el ánimo de los hijos de Israel, para que no pasen á la tierra que les ha dado Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et pourquoi découragez-vous les fils d’Israël de passer dans le pays que l’ Éternel leur a donné?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und warum wollt ihr das Herz der Kinder Israel davon abwendig machen, in das Land hinüber zu ziehen, welches Jehova ihnen gegeben hat?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israël, ne transire audeant in locum, quem eis daturus est Dominus?