Joshua 14:8

Easy-to-Read Version

The other men who went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I really believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My brothers who went with me caused the people to lose heart, but I followed the Lord my God completely.

Hebrew Names Version
Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

King James Version
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

Lexham English Bible
My companions who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt, but I remained true to Yahweh my God.

English Standard Version
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God.

New Century Version
The other men who went with me frightened the people, but I fully believed the Lord would allow us to take the land.

New English Translation
My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.

Amplified Bible
"My brothers (fellow spies) who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God completely.

New American Standard Bible
"Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But my brethren that went vp with me, discouraged the heart of the people: yet I followed still the Lord my God.

Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed Yahweh my God fully.

Contemporary English Version
The other spies said things that made our people afraid, but I completely trusted the Lord God.

Complete Jewish Bible
My brothers who went up with me discouraged the people, but I followed Adonai my God completely.

Darby Translation
And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless our brethren who went up with us made the heart of the people quake; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

Good News Translation
The men who went with me, however, made our people afraid. But I faithfully obeyed the Lord my God.

Literal Translation
But my brothers who went up with me caused the heart of the people to melt, yet I fully followed after Jehovah my God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit my brethren that wente vp with me, discoraged the hert of the people: but I folowed ye LORDE my God vnto the vttemost.

American Standard Version
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

Bible in Basic English
My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, my brethre that went vp with me, discouraged the hearte of the people: And I folowed the Lorde my God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

King James Version (1611)
Neuerthelesse, my brethren that went vp with me, made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied my self to follow the Lord my God.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

Berean Standard Bible
Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe my britheren, thats tieden with me, discoumfortiden the herte of the puple, and neuertheles Y suede my Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after Jehovah my God;

Update Bible Version
Nevertheless my brothers that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

World English Bible
Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.

New King James Version
Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

New Living Translation
but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.

New Life Bible
My brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people weak with fear. But I followed the Lord my God with all my heart.

New Revised Standard
But my companions who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt, - whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God.

Revised Standard Version
But my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully.

Contextual Overview

⁶ One day some people from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them was Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. Caleb said to Joshua, "You remember what the Lord said at Kadesh Barnea. The Lord was speaking to Moses, his servant. The Lord was talking about you and me. ⁷ Moses, the Lord 's servant, sent me to look at the land where we were going. I was 40 years old at that time. When I came back, I told Moses what I thought about the land. ⁸ The other men who went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I really believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land. ⁹ So that day Moses made a promise to me. He said, ‘The land where you went will become your land. Your children will own that land forever. I will give you that land because you really believed in the Lord , my God.' ¹⁰ "Now the Lord has kept me alive for 45 more years—as he said he would. During that time we all wandered in the desert. Now, here I am, 85 years old. ¹¹ I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. I am as ready to fight as I was then. ¹² So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me that day long ago. At that time you heard that the strong Anakites lived there and the cities were very big and well protected. But now, maybe the Lord will be with me, and I will take that land just as the Lord said." ¹³ Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave him the city of Hebron as his own. ¹⁴ And that city still belongs to the family of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. That land still belongs to his people because he trusted and obeyed the Lord , God of Israel. ¹⁵ In the past that city was called Kiriath Arba. It was named for the greatest man among the Anakites—a man named Arba. After this there was peace in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wholly: Joshua 14:14, Numbers 14:24, Deuteronomy 1:36, Revelation 14:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:15 - melt Numbers 13:31 - General Numbers 32:11 - because Numbers 32:12 - for Deuteronomy 1:28 - discouraged Joshua 2:11 - our hearts 1 Kings 11:6 - went not fully after Psalms 7:1 - O Psalms 78:8 - whose Jeremiah 49:23 - fainthearted

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 14:2
All these kings fought a war against King Bera of Sodom: King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela. (Bela is also called Zoar.)

Genesis 14:3
All these kings joined their armies in the Valley of Siddim. (The Valley of Siddim is now the Salt Sea.)

Genesis 14:10
There were many holes filled with tar in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into these holes, but the others ran away to the mountains.

Genesis 19:20
Look, there is a very small town near here. Let me run to that town. I can run there and be safe."

Genesis 19:22
But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me,.... Meaning the rest of the spies, excepting Joshua, that went up with him into the land of Canaan to spy it, which they might be properly said to do, since they went up a hill or mountain, in order to go into it,

Numbers 13:17;

made the heart of the people melt; discouraged them, filled them with fears, sunk their spirits, that their hearts flowed, and became as weak as water, having no strength left in them, or hope of possessing the land; being told what stout and gigantic men the inhabitants of it were, and how strongly fortified were their cities:

but I wholly followed the Lord my God; and did not join with them in an ill report of the good land; but having the fear of God before his eyes, walked after that, and delivered in his report faithfully, according to the dictates of his conscience, and the real sentiments of his mind; of this phrase, Numbers 13:17- :.