Parallel Verses

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:

Holman Bible

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

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 God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them. 24 Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe in His word,
25 They complained in their tents. They did not obey Jehovah.


Cross References

Numbers 14:31

You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

Deuteronomy 1:32

Yet in all this you did not trust Jehovah your God.

Ezekiel 20:6

It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

Jeremiah 3:19

I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me.

Hebrews 3:18-19

Who did God swear would never enter his rest? He was talking about those who did not obey him.

Genesis 25:34

Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.

Numbers 13:32

They spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said: The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall.

Numbers 14:11

Jehovah said to Moses: How much longer will these people reject me? How much longer will they refuse to trust in me, even though I have performed many miracles among them?

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

Jehovah your God will lead you into a good land. It is a land with rivers that do not dry up. Springs and underground streams flow through the valleys and the hills.

Deuteronomy 9:23

Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea. He said: 'Go up and possess the land I have given you.' Then you rebelled against the command of Jehovah your God. You did not believe him. You did not listen to his voice!

Deuteronomy 11:11-12

But the land you go to possess is a land of hills and valleys. It drinks water from the rain from the clouds in the sky.

Matthew 22:5

But they paid no attention and went about their business. One went to his farm and another went to his trade.

Hebrews 3:12

Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you develop a wicked heart lacking faith and turning away (departing) from the living God.

Hebrews 4:2

Indeed, we have had good news presented to us. They also had it. But the word that was heard did not benefit them because they were not united in faith by what was heard.

Hebrews 4:6

It remains for some to enter into it. Those who first received the good news did not enter in because they did not obey and lacked faith.

Hebrews 4:14

We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, so let us hold fast our confession.

Hebrews 12:16

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal!

Jude 1:5

I want to remind you though you once knew this, that Jehovah (God), having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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