Psalms 106:24
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them 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
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Read in contextEzekiel 20:6
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Read in contextHebrews 3:18–19
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Read in contextNumbers 14:31
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Read in contextHebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Read in contextMatthew 22:5
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Read in contextHebrews 4:2
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Read in contextHebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
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