Numbers 14:36
 Numbers 14:36 
New International Version (©2011)
So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it--

New Living Translation (©2007)
The ten men Moses had sent to explore the land--the ones who incited rebellion against the LORD with their bad report--

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land—

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land--

International Standard Version (©2012)
After this, the men whom Moses sent out to explore the land, who returned and made the whole congregation complain against him by bringing an evil report concerning the land,

NET Bible (©2006)
The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So the men Moses sent to explore the land died in front of the LORD from a plague.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the men, whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

American King James Version
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander on the land,

American Standard Version
And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore all the men, whom Moses had sent to view the land, and who at their return had made the whole multitude to murmur against him, speaking ill of the land that it was naught,

Darby Bible Translation
And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,

English Revised Version
And the men, which Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing a slander upon the land,

World English Bible
The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Young's Literal Translation
And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:36-39 Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it did them no service. There is in hell such mourning as this; but tears will not quench the flames, nor cool the tongue.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men which Moses sent to search the land,.... Ten of them:

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Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

But for the purpose of giving to the whole congregation a practical proof of the solemnity of the divine threatening of punishment, the spies who had induced the congregation to revolt, through their evil report concerning the inhabitants of Canaan, were smitten by a "stroke before Jehovah," i.e., by a sudden death, which proceeded in a visible manner from Jehovah Himself, whilst Joshua and Caleb remained alive.


Geneva Study Bible

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

36-38. those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord-Ten of the spies struck dead on the spot-either by the pestilence or some other judgment. This great and appalling mortality clearly betokened the hand of the Lord.


Numbers 14:36 Parallel Commentaries
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The Plague on the Ten Spies
36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander on the land, 37Even those men that did bring up the evil report on the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. …

Numbers 13:4 These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
Numbers 13:32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.