Deuteronomy 1:39
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Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
In other translations
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
Hebrew words
וְטַפְּכֶםvetapekhemand little one[s] yourH2945אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834אֲמַרְתֶּם'amartemyou saidH559לָבַזlavaz<into> plunderH957יִהְיֶהyihyehhe will becomeH1961וּבְנֵיכֶםuveneikhemand children yourH1121אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָדְעוּyade'uthey knowH3045הַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117טוֹבtovgoodH2896וָרָעvara'and evilH7451הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992יָבֹאוּyavo'uthey will goH935שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033וְלָהֶםvelahemand to themאֶתְּנֶנָּה'ettenenahI will give itH5414וְהֵםvehemand theyH1992יִירָשׁוּהָ׃yirashuhathey will take possession of itH3423
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- Isaiah 7:15-1615 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. 16 For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
- Numbers 14:3And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Numbers 14:31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
- Romans 9:11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- Jonah 4:11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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