Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

New American Standard Bible

Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe in His word,

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.

A Conservative Version

Yea, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan];
They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

Bible in Basic English

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

Darby Translation

And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

Julia Smith Translation

And they will despise in the land of desire; they trusted not to his word:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word,

Modern King James verseion

And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His Word,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land, and gave no credence unto his word,

NET Bible

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

New Heart English Bible

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,

The Emphasized Bible

And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

Webster

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

World English Bible

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,

Youngs Literal Translation

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מאס 
Ma'ac 
Usage: 76

the pleasant
חמדּה 
Chemdah 
Usage: 16

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

23 So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
24 They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.


Cross References

Numbers 14:31

I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

Deuteronomy 1:32

But in spite of this you did not trust the Lord your God,

Ezekiel 20:6

On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Jeremiah 3:19

I thought: How I long to make you My sons
and give you a desirable land,
the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.
I thought: You will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.

Hebrews 3:18-19

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.

Numbers 13:32

So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

Numbers 14:11

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 9:23

When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, He said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey Him.

Deuteronomy 11:11-12

But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

Matthew 22:5

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.

Hebrews 3:12

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

Hebrews 4:2

For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith

Hebrews 4:6

Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,

Hebrews 4:14

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.

Hebrews 12:16

And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.

Jude 1:5

Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

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