Numbers 14:8

8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

Numbers 14:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 And if the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey.
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us. This is a land flowing with milk and honey!
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 If the Lord is pleased with us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he'll lead us into that land. It's a land that has plenty of milk and honey. He'll give it to us.

Numbers 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:8

If the Lord delight in us
Continue to delight in them as he had, and as appears by what he had done for, them in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; see ( Deuteronomy 10:15 ) ;

then he will bring us into this land, and give it us,
as he has promised,

a land which floweth with milk and honey;
as the Lord himself hath described it, and as the unbelieving spies themselves had owned it; ( Numbers 13:27 ) .

Numbers 14:8 In-Context

6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes
7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.
8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
9 Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 10:15; Psalms 18:19; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 37:23; Psalms 41:11; Psalms 56:9; Psalms 147:11; Proverbs 11:20; Isaiah 62:4; Malachi 2:17
  • 2. Numbers 13:27
  • 3. Deuteronomy 1:21
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