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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 14:7

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caleb;   Canaan;   Courage;   Decision;   Disobedience to God;   Faith;   Government;   Israel;   Joshua;   Majority and Minority Reports;   Reports;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Caleb;   Joshua;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Land (of Israel);   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Oshea;   Pentateuch;   Wine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Numbers as Symbols;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Antichrist;   Azariah;   Hafá¹­arah;   Job;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 17;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding 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.
Lexham English Bible
And they said to all the community of the Israelites, "The land that we went through to explore is an exceptionally good land.
New Century Version
They said to all of the Israelites, "The land we explored is very good.
New English Translation
They said to the whole community of the Israelites, "The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.
Amplified Bible
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande.
Legacy 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.
Contemporary English Version
and said: We saw the land ourselves, and it's very good.
Complete Jewish Bible
and said to the whole community of Isra'el, "The land we passed through in order to spy it out is an outstandingly 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
These two men said to all the Israelites gathered there, "The land that we saw is very good.
English Standard Version
and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, The land through which we passed to spy it out is an exceedingly good land.
Good News Translation
and said to the people, "The land we explored is an excellent land.
Christian Standard Bible®
and said to the entire Israelite community: “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& spake to the whole cogregacion of the children of Israel: The londe yt we haue walked thorow to spye it out, is a very good lande.
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.
Bible in Basic English
Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they spoke 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.
King James Version (1611)
And they spake vnto all the company of the children of Israel, saying. The land which wee passed thorow to search it, is an exceeding good land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.
English Revised 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.
Berean Standard Bible
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, "The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and spaken to al the multitude of the sones of Israel, The lond which we cumpassiden is ful good;
Young's 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;
Update Bible 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 exceeding good land.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: "The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
New Living Translation
They said to all the people of Israel, "The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land!
New Life Bible
They said to all the people of Israel, "The land we passed through to spy out is a very good land.
New Revised Standard
and said to all the congregation of the Israelites, "The land that we went through as spies is an exceedingly good land.
J.B. Rotherham 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,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:
Revised Standard Version
and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

5 And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who spied out the land, tore their garments. 7 And they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land into which we passed, to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. 8 If Jehovah has delighted in us, then He will bring us into this land and will give it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey. 9 Only, do not rebel against Jehovah. And you, do not fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their defense has turned away from them; and Jehovah is with us; do not be afraid of them. 10 And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation, to all the sons of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an exceeding good land: Numbers 13:27, Deuteronomy 1:25, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:7-9

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:8 - unto a good Judges 18:9 - Arise Proverbs 15:19 - way of the slothful Jeremiah 2:7 - brought

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations;
Genesis 14:8
And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. And they set the battle with them in the valley of Siddim,
Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, and his goods, and left; and he was living in Sodom.
Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother, and also the women and the people.
Genesis 16:14
On account of this, the well was called, The Well of the Living One Seeing Me. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham pulled up stakes from there to the land of the Negeb, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Genesis 36:12
And Timna was a concubine to Esau's son, Eliphaz, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau's wife Adah.
Genesis 36:16
Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Adah.
Numbers 13:26
And they went and came in to Moses and to Aaron, and to all the tabernacle of the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh. And they brought them and all the congregation word, and made them see the fruit of the land.
Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you; and you shall fall by the sword because you have turned back from following Jehovah; and Jehovah is not with you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,.... To as many as could hear them, to the heads of them:

saying, the land which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land; they observe that they were of the number of the spies that were appointed and sent to search the land of Canaan, and they had searched it, and therefore could give an account of it from their own knowledge; and they had not only entered into it, or just looked at a part of it, but they had gone through it, and taken a general survey of it; and they could not but in truth and justice say of it, that it was a good land, delightful, healthful, and fruitful; yea, "very, very good" q, exceeding, exceeding good, superlatively good, good beyond expression; they were not able with words to set forth the goodness of it; this they reported, in opposition to the ill report the other spies had given of it.

q טובה הארץ מאד מאד "bona terra, valde valde", Montanus, Vatablus.


 
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