Psalms 106:24
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- KJV
- Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
- WEB
- Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,
- ASV
- Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
- DARBY
- And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,
- BLB
- Then they despised the land of the desire; they were not faithful to His word,
- ÅB
- Og de foraktet det herlige land, de trodde ikke hans ord,
- OTB
- Så foraktet de det herlige landet;
de trodde ikke på hans ord, - B1930
- Og de foraktet det herlige land, de trodde ikke hans ord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:32
But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,
Read in contextEzekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
Read in contextHebrews 3:18–19
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Read in contextNumbers 14:31
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
Read in contextHebrews 4:6
Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
Read in contextMatthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
Read in contextHebrews 4:2
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
Read in contextHebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
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