Numbers 13:28
What does Numbers 13:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 13:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Howbeit 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nevertheless 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Howbeit 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land <FI>is<Fi> strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Context
v.27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
v.28This passage
v.29Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 11:22
There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- Deuteronomy 2:21
a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;
- Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
- Numbers 13:22
And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.
- Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
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