Numbers 14:6
New International Version
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes

New Living Translation
Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing.

English Standard Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

Berean Standard Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

King James Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

New King James Version
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

New American Standard Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

NASB 1995
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

NASB 1977
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

Amplified Bible
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes [as a sign of grief],

Christian Standard Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes

American Standard Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua, son of Nun, and Kalab, son of Yuphana, of the spies of the land, tore their garments.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, rent their garments,

Contemporary English Version
Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes in sorrow

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone, who themselves also had viewed the land, rent their garments,

English Revised Version
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
At the same time, two of those who had explored the land, Joshua (son of Nun) and Caleb (son of Jephunneh), tore their clothes in despair.

Good News Translation
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow

International Standard Version
Nun's son Joshua and Jephunneh's son Caleb, who had accompanied the others who also had explored the land, tore their clothes

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes.

Literal Standard Version
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying out the land, have torn their garments,

Majority Standard Bible
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

New American Bible
while Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, who had been among those that reconnoitered the land, tore their garments

NET Bible
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.

New Revised Standard Version
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

New Heart English Bible
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

World English Bible
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The People Rebel
5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel. 6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes 7and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:65
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Mark 14:63
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "Why do we need any more witnesses?

Acts 14:14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

Genesis 44:13
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.

Numbers 13:6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.

Numbers 14:7
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, "The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.


Treasury of Scripture

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Joshua

Numbers 14:24,30,38
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it…

Numbers 13:6,8,30
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh…

rent their clothes

Genesis 37:29,34
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes…

Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Joshua 7:6
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

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1. The people murmur at the news
6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them
11. God threatens them
13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon
26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land
36. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague
40. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten














(6) Rent their clothes.--Comp. Leviticus 10:6 and Note.

Verse 6. - And Joshua. In a last hopeless effort to bring the people to a better mind, or at least to deliver their own souls, there was no reason why Joshua should hold back any more. Rent their clothes. Another token of grief and horrer practiced from patriarchal times (cf. Genesis 37:29, 34; Job 1:20).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Joshua
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (wî·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

son
בִּן־ (bin-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Nun
נ֗וּן (nūn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5126: Nun -- father of Joshua

and Caleb
וְכָלֵב֙ (wə·ḵā·lêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3612: Caleb -- a son of Jephunneh and sent by Moses to spy out the land

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jephunneh,
יְפֻנֶּ֔ה (yə·p̄un·neh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3312: Jephunneh -- father of Caleb, also an Asherite

who were
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

among those who had spied out
הַתָּרִ֖ים (hat·tā·rîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8446: To meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring

the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

tore
קָרְע֖וּ (qā·rə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7167: To rend

their clothes
בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃ (biḡ·ḏê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage


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