Numbers 14:39
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.
Other Translations of Numbers 14:39
King James Version
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
English Standard Version
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people mourned greatly.
The Message
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 When Moses told all of this to the People of Israel, they mourned long and hard.
New King James Version
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
New Living Translation
The Defeat of Israel at Hormah
39 When Moses reported the Lord 's words to all the Israelites, the people were filled with grief.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 14:39
Commentary on Numbers 14:36-39
(Read Numbers 14:36-39)
Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it did them no service. There is in hell such mourning as this; but tears will not quench the flames, nor cool the tongue.