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Numbers 14:6

And Iosuah the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephune [whiche were] of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caleb;   Courage;   Decision;   Disobedience to God;   Faith;   Government;   Israel;   Joshua;   Majority and Minority Reports;   Mourning;   Rending;   Reports;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Caleb;   Clothes Rent;   Clothing;   Co-Operation;   Dead, the;   Joshua;   Joy-Sorrow;   Mourning;   Rending of Clothes;   Unity-Strife;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Joshua;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Joshua the son of nun;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Oshea;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Rending of Garments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Numbers as Symbols;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Josh'ua;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caleb;   Gesture;   Jephunneh;   Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua the son of Nun and Kalev the son of Yefunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
King James Version
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Lexham English Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers of the land, tore their garments.
New Century Version
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who had explored the land, tore their clothes.
New English Translation
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.
Amplified Bible
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes [as a sign of grief],
New American Standard Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh two of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
Contemporary English Version
Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes in sorrow
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua the son of Nun and Kalev the son of Y'funeh, from the detachment that had reconnoitered the land, tore their clothes
Darby Translation
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua and Caleb became very upset. (Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh were two of the men who explored the land.)
English Standard Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jophaniah, who were of those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes;
Good News Translation
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow
Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes
Literal Translation
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who spied out the land, tore their garments.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iosua ye sonne of Nun, & Caleb ye sonne of Iephune (which also had spyed out the lande) rente their clothes,
American Standard Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, rent their garments,
English Revised Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
Berean Standard Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, whiche also cumpassiden the lond, to renten her clothis,
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,
Update Bible Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [who were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
World English Bible
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
New King James Version
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
New Living Translation
Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing.
New Life Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh tore their clothes. They were among those who had spied out the land.
New Revised Standard
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of them who spied out the land, rent their clothes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone, who themselves also had viewed the land, rent their garments,
Revised Standard Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephun'neh, who were among those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes,
THE MESSAGE
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, members of the scouting party, ripped their clothes and addressed the assembled People of Israel: "The land we walked through and scouted out is a very good land—very good indeed. If God is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land that flows, as they say, with milk and honey. And he'll give it to us. Just don't rebel against God ! And don't be afraid of those people. Why, we'll have them for lunch! They have no protection and God is on our side. Don't be afraid of them!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

Contextual Overview

5 Then Moyses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the congregation of the chyldren of Israel. 6 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephune [whiche were] of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes: 7 And spake vnto al the companie of the chyldren of Israel, saying: The lande whiche we walked through to searche it, is a very good lande. 8 If the Lord haue a loue to vs, he will bryng vs into this lande and geue it vs, whiche is such a lande as floweth with mylke and hony. 9 But in any wyse rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde, neither feare the people of the lande, for they are but bread for vs: Their shielde is departed from them, and the Lorde is with vs, feare them not therfore. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones: And the glory of the Lorde appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the chyldren of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua: Numbers 14:24, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38, Numbers 13:6, Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:30

rent their clothes: Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 44:13, Joshua 7:6, Judges 11:35, 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Kings 18:37, Job 1:20, Joel 2:12, Joel 2:13, Matthew 26:65

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:6 - Uncover Numbers 13:16 - Jehoshua Numbers 34:19 - Caleb Joshua 14:6 - Caleb Joshua 14:7 - I brought Joshua 17:18 - for thou shalt Judges 6:31 - Will ye plead 2 Kings 5:7 - that he rent 1 Chronicles 4:15 - Caleb 1 Chronicles 7:27 - Jehoshuah Psalms 116:10 - therefore Proverbs 9:8 - Reprove

Cross-References

Genesis 14:20
And blessed [be] the high God, which hath deliuered thyne enemies vnto thy hande: and Abram gaue him tithes of all.
Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine in ye wildernes, [euen] by the well that is in the way to Sur,
Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wyldernesse of Paran, and his mother got hym a wyfe out of the lande of Egypt.
Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mounte Seir, the same Esau, is Edom.
Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel toke their iourney out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloude rested in the wildernesse of Pharan.
Numbers 12:16
And afterwarde the people remoued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wyldernesse of Pharan.
Numbers 13:3
And Moyses at the commaundement of the Lorde, sent foorth out of the wyldernesse of Pharan, suche men as were all heades of the chyldren of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir before tyme, whom the chyldren of Esau chased out, & destroyed them before them, and dwelt in their steade, as Israel did vnto the lande of his possession, whiche the Lorde gaue them.
Habakkuk 3:3
God commeth from Theman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. his glorie couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Rose up and interposed in this affair, looking upon themselves under a special obligation so to do, as they were capable of confronting the other spies, and contradicting what they had said:

[which were] of them that searched the land; they were two of that number, and were the more concerned to hear such a false account given, and distressed to observe the mutiny of the people, and therefore judged themselves in duty bound to do all they could to stop it:

rent their clothes; in token of sorrow for the sins of the people; and at their blasphemy and ingratitude against God, and in dread of his wrath and fury breaking forth upon them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:6. And Joshua, &c. — See on the preceding chapter, Numbers 13:33; Numbers 13:33.


 
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