Numbers 14:21
in Numbers 14“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
KJV
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Render: But as truly as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; Num 14:22 all those men, etc.; Num 14:23 shall not see, etc. Num 14:22 These ten times - Ten is the number which imports completeness. Compare Gen 31:7. The sense is that the measure of their provocation was now full: the day of grace was at last over. However, some enumerate 10 different occasions on which the people had tempted God since the exodus.
This site's exposition
all the earth shall be filled with the glory
In the middle of passing sentence God swears by his own life that the whole earth will be filled with his glory. The oath is larger than the failure it answers and it does not depend on this generation. Isaiah 11:9 and Habakkuk 2:14 both carry the same line forward.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But as truly as I live,....
God having turned this prayer for the glorifying of himself into a promise, we may turn it into praise, in concert with the angels, Isa. vi. 3 , The earth is full of his glory. The sin of this people which provoked God to proceed against them is here aggravated,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord--This promise, in its full acceptation, remains to be verified by the eventual and universal prevalence of Christianity in the world.
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All the earth shall be filled, etc. - כל הארץ kol haarets, all This land, i. e., the land of Canaan which was only fulfilled to the letter when the preaching of Christ and his apostles was heard through all the cities and villages of Judea. It does not appear that the whole of the terraqueous globe is meant by this expression in any of the places where it occurs connected with this promise of the diffusion of the Divine light. See Psa 72:19; Isa 40:5; Hab 2:14.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאוּלָ֖ם | veulam | and but | H199 → | |
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → | 498 times |
| אָ֑נִי | ʾani | of me | H589 → | 874 times |
| וְיִמָּלֵ֥א | veyimale' | so <it> may be filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| כְבוֹד־ | khevod- | [with the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְאוּלָ֖םand but
veulamH199 →
חַי־[by] [the] life
chai-H2416 →498 times
אָ֑נִיof me
ʾaniH589 →874 times
וְיִמָּלֵ֥אso <it> may be filled
veyimale'H4390 →249 times
כְבוֹד־[with the] glory of
khevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Habakkuk 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
it leads to
- Psalms 72:19
And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 11:9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Isaiah 6:3
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Psalms 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Psalms 72:19
Through
Isaiah 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
it leads to
- Revelation 4:8–9
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- Revelation 4:8–9
Through
Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
it leads to
- Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
- Psalms 41:13
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
- Matthew 6:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.