Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Parallel translations
- KJV Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
- BSB Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
- ESV Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands,
- NKJV So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands,
- NASB Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands,
- NLT But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 95:11Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”
- Ps 106:26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
- Deut 1:34–35Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
- Heb 4:3For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Num 14:23–30surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
- Heb 3:11as I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”
- Ezek 20:23Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
- Num 26:64–65But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Heb 3:18To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
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