King James Version
Numbers 14:8 in the King James Version says “If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and hone...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.”
Numbers 14:8 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. defence: Heb. shadow
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“delight”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
“If the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“which floweth”
H2100to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
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