Numbers 14:31 (GNV)

Passage

But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:29 Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

Numbers 14:30 Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

Numbers 14:31 But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

Numbers 14:32 But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes,

Numbers 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wildernesse, fourtie yeeres, and shall beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernesse.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "said", "shoulde", "pray", "bring", "shall", "knowe", and "lande". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Ye shall not doubtles come into the..." into verse 32's "But euen your carkeises shall fall in...", so "children" and "said" 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 "children" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.