Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

and said to the entire Israelite community: “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.

International Standard Version

and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, "The land that we went through and explored is very, very good.

A Conservative Version

And they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.

American Standard Version

and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

Amplified

and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land through which we passed as spies is an exceedingly good land.

Bible in Basic English

Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

Darby Translation

And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will speak to all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, The land which we passed over upon it to search it out, a good land exceedingly, exceedingly,

King James 2000

And they spoke unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceedingly good land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they said to all the community of the {Israelites}, "The land that we went through to explore [is] an {exceptionally good land}.

Modern King James verseion

And they spoke to all the company of the sons of Israel saying, The land which we passed through to search is an exceedingly good land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land.

NET Bible

They said to the whole community of the Israelites, "The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.

New Heart English Bible

and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

The Emphasized Bible

and spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, - As for the land through which we passed to spy it out, Good, is the land, exceedingly,

Webster

And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

World English Bible

and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, 'The land into which we have passed over to spy it, is a very very good land;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 149

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

תּוּר 
Tuwr 
Usage: 23

it, is an exceeding
מאד 
M@`od 
Usage: 300

References

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Context Readings

The People Complain

6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which flows with milk and honey.

Cross References

Numbers 13:27

Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

Deuteronomy 1:25

Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, ‘It is a good land which the Lord our God is about to give us.’

Deuteronomy 6:10-11

“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

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