Numbers 14:21 (DBY)

Passage

But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Numbers 14:20 And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.

Numbers 14:21 But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!

Numbers 14:22 for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Numbers 14:23 shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "surely", "live", "earth", "shall", "filled", "glory", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "surely" and "live", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And Jehovah said I have pardoned according..." into verse 22's "for all those men who have seen...", so "surely" and "live" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "surely" and "live" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.