Numbers 14:33 (YLT)

Passage

and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:31 `As to your infants--of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become--I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

Numbers 14:32 as to you--your carcases do fall in this wilderness,

Numbers 14:33 and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;

Numbers 14:34 by the number of the days <FI>in<Fi> which ye spied the land, forty days, --a day for a year, a day for a year--ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;

Numbers 14:35 I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; --in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "evil", "wilderness", "forty", "years", "borne", "whoredoms", and "till". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "evil", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "as to you--your carcases do fall in..." into verse 34's "by the number of the days FI...", so "sons" and "evil" 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 "sons" and "evil" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.