Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. New Living Translation But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak! English Standard Version However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Berean Standard Bible Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. New American Standard Bible Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw the descendants of Anak there! NASB 1995 “Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. NASB 1977 “Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Legacy Standard Bible Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Amplified Bible But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified (walled) and very large; moreover, we saw there the descendants of Anak [people of great stature and courage]. Christian Standard Bible However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants 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. Contemporary English Version But the people who live there are strong, and their cities are large and walled. We even saw the three Anakim clans. English Revised Version Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fenced, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the people who live there are strong, and the cities have walls and are very large. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. Good News Translation But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there. 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. Majority Standard Bible Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants 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 descendants of Anak there. Webster's Bible Translation 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 large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiononly, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fortified [and] very great; and we have also seen children of Anak there. Young's 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. Smith's Literal 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible However, the people who are living in the land are powerful, and the towns are fortified and very large. Besides, we saw descendants of the Anakim there. New Revised Standard Version Yet the people who live in the land are strong, and the towns are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very great: and moreover we saw the sons of giants there. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated However the people dwelling in the land is strong and the towns are fortified and very great, also we saw the sons of the giants there. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are fortified, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. Brenton Septuagint Translation Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reports of the Spies…27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit! 28Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. 29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”… Cross References Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.” Deuteronomy 1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’” Joshua 11:21-22 At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. / No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive. Deuteronomy 9:1-2 Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. / The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?” Judges 1:20 Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak. Amos 2:9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. 1 Samuel 17:4-7 Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, / and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, / and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. ... 2 Samuel 21:16-22 Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. / But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.” / Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha. ... Deuteronomy 2:10-11 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. / Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites. Deuteronomy 3:5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages. Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.) Joshua 15:14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 1 Chronicles 20:4-8 Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued. / Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. / And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, ... Hebrews 11:29-30 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. / By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Treasury of Scripture 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. strong Deuteronomy 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. Deuteronomy 2:10,11,21 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; … Deuteronomy 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. saw the Numbers 13:22,23,33 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) … Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. Joshua 15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Jump to Previous Anak Besides Children Cities Descendants Dwell Dwelling Howbeit Powerful Strong Surely Towns WalledJump to Next Anak Besides Children Cities Descendants Dwell Dwelling Howbeit Powerful Strong Surely Towns WalledNumbers 13 1. The names of the men who were sent to search the land17. Their instructions 21. Their acts 26. Their relation Nevertheless This word serves as a pivotal transition in the narrative. It introduces a contrast between the positive report of the land's abundance and the daunting challenges that lie ahead. In Hebrew, the word used here is "אפס" (efes), which can imply a sense of limitation or exception. It reflects the spies' hesitance and doubt, setting the stage for the Israelites' struggle between faith and fear. This moment challenges believers to consider how often they allow "nevertheless" moments to overshadow God's promises. The people living in the land are strong And the cities are large and fortified We even saw the descendants of Anak there The children of Anak.--Better, of the Anakim. (See Numbers 13:22, and Note.) Verse 28. - Nevertheless. אֶפֶס כִּי. "Only that." Septuagint, ἀλλ η} ὅτι. The people be strong. Moses himself had directed their attention to this point, and now they dwell on it to the exclusion of everything else.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Nevertheless,אֶ֚פֶס (’e·p̄es) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot the people הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock living הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב (hay·yō·šêḇ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the land בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land are strong, עַ֣ז (‘az) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5794: Strong, vehement, harsh and the cities וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים (wə·he·‘ā·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement are large גְּדֹלֹת֙ (gə·ḏō·lōṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent and fortified. מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily We even וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and saw רָאִ֥ינוּ (rā·’î·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 7200: To see the descendants יְלִדֵ֥י (yə·li·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3211: Born of Anak הָֽעֲנָ֖ק (hā·‘ă·nāq) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6061: Anak -- 'neck', a Canaanite there. שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither Links Numbers 13:28 NIVNumbers 13:28 NLT Numbers 13:28 ESV Numbers 13:28 NASB Numbers 13:28 KJV Numbers 13:28 BibleApps.com Numbers 13:28 Biblia Paralela Numbers 13:28 Chinese Bible Numbers 13:28 French Bible Numbers 13:28 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 13:28 However the people who dwell (Nu Num.) |
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