Psalms 106 · Verse 24

Psalms 106:24

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
Psalms 106:24, King James Version

Psalms 106:24 in other translations

BSBThey despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
WEBYes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,
ASVYea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
YLTAnd they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.
DARBYAnd they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,
BBEThey were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;
WebsterYes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

What does Psalms 106:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:24-27
24-27. The sin of refusing to invade Canaan, "the pleasant land" (Jr 3:19; Eze 20:6; Da 8:9), "the land of beauty," was punished by the destruction of that generation (Nu 14:28), and the threat of dispersion (De 4:25; 28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added. despised--(Nu 14:31). believed not his word--by which He promised He would give them the land; but rather the word of the faithless spies (compare Psa 78:22).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33

Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God…

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Psalms 106:24 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.

וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּVai.yim.'a.suand they rejectedH3988
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retz<in> [the] land ofH776
חֶמְדָּ֑הchem.DahdesireH2532
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּhe.'e.Mi.nuthey believedH539
לִדְבָרֽוֹ\׃lid.va.Ro<to> word hisH1697

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

Cross references for Psalms 106:24

  • Deuteronomy 1:32

    Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,

  • Ezekiel 20:6

    In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

  • Hebrews 3:18-19

    And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

  • Numbers 14:31

    But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

  • Hebrews 4:6

    Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

  • Matthew 22:5

    But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

  • Hebrews 4:2

    For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

  • Hebrews 3:12

    Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  • Jeremiah 3:19

    But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

  • Deuteronomy 11:11-12

    But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

  • Jude 1:5

    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

  • Hebrews 12:16

    Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they despised.
Ge 25:34; Nu 13:32; 14:31; Mt 22:5; Heb 12:16
the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.
De 8:7-9; 11:11,12; Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6
they believed.
Nu 14:11; De 1:32; Heb 3:12,18,19; 4:2,6,14; Jude 1:5

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Context

  • Psalms 106:23

    Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

  • Psalms 106:24

    Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

  • Psalms 106:25

    But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

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Psalms 106:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero aborrecieron la tierra deseable: no creyeron á su palabra;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils méprisèrent le pays désirable; ils ne crurent point à sa parole;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie verschmähten das köstliche Land, glaubten nicht seinem Worte;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ipsi viderunt opera Domini, et mirabilia ejus in profundo.