Numbers 14:21
But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
In Context
20And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
Psalms 72:19Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
Isaiah 49:18Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride.
Ezekiel 5:11For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.
Ezekiel 20:36As I took up the cause with your fathers in the waste land of the land of Egypt, so will I take up the cause with you says the Lord.
Ezekiel 33:27This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:21-36
God's Answer to Moses; The Israelites Threatened. ( b. c. 1490.) 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see… Read the whole commentary →