Numbers 14:21
But, just as certainly as I live and that people all over the world can see my ◄glory/glorious power►, I solemnly declare this:
Translation for Translators
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
20Then Yahweh replied, “I have forgiven them, as you requested me to.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
Psalms 72:19Praise him forever! I desire that ◄his glory will fill the whole world/people all over the world may see that he is very great► [MTY]! Amen! May it be so!
Isaiah 49:18You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you for you to show to people like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, because you have polluted my temple with all your disgusting statues of idols and by the other detestable things that you do, I will no longer bless you. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you.
Ezekiel 20:36I will punish you, like I punished your ancestors in the desert near Egypt.
Ezekiel 33:27Send this message to them: ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: As surely as I am alive, those who are left in the ruins in Jerusalem will also be killed by their enemies’ swords, and those who are living in the countryside will be killed by wild animals, and those who are living in forts and caves will die from a plague.
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 →