Numbers 14:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.”
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“If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 14:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Numbers 13:27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
- Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- Joshua 14:12Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
- 2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
- 2 Samuel 22:20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
- 2 Kings 18:32until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- Psalms 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
- Psalms 147:10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.
- Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
- Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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