Parallel Verses
Amplified
But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are
New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless,
King James Version
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Holman Bible
However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified.
International Standard Version
except that the people who have settled in the land are strong, and their cities are greatly fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak.
A Conservative Version
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, very great, and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
American Standard Version
Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Bible in Basic English
But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
Darby Translation
Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Julia Smith Translation
Only that the people are strong dwelling upon the land, and the cities fortified, and very great: and also we saw the children of Anak there.
King James 2000
Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet the people who are inhabiting [it are] strong and the cities [are] fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there.
Modern King James verseion
However, the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are walled, very great. And also we saw the children of Anak there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
NET Bible
But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
New Heart English Bible
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
The Emphasized Bible
Nevertheless surely mighty, are the people that dwell in the land, - and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the
Webster
Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
World English Bible
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Youngs Literal Translation
only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land is strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.
Themes
Caleb » Brings favorable report
Canaan » Land of » Spies sent into, by moses
the Canaanites » Had many strong cities
the Canaanites » Described as » Great and mighty
Cities » General references to
Cowardice » Instances of » The ten spies
Majority and minority reports » Of the spies
Reports » Majority and minority » Of spies
Trouble » Instances of » When the spies brought their adverse report
Interlinear
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Yashab
Batsar
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 13:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Report About Canaan
27
They reported to Moses and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go up? Our brothers (spies) have made our hearts melt [in fear] and demoralized us by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large, and fortified [all the way up] to heaven. And besides, we saw the [giant-like] sons of the Anakim there.”’
Deuteronomy 9:1-2
“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and more powerful than you, great cities fortified to heaven,
Numbers 13:33
There we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
Numbers 13:22-23
When they had gone up into the Negev (the South country), they came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of Anak were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Deuteronomy 2:10-11
(The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim.
Deuteronomy 2:21
a great, numerous people, and tall as the Anakim, but the Lord destroyed them before the sons of Ammon. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place,
Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were fortified and unassailable with their high walls, gates, and bars; in addition, [there were] a very great number of unwalled villages.
Joshua 11:22
There were no Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod [of Philistia] some remained.
Joshua 15:14
So Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Judges 1:20
Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.