Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
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.
Amplified
But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are
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.
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
M@`od
Gadowl
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 13:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Report About Canaan
27 They told Moses, "We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The 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 banks of the Jordan."
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:28
What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there."
Deuteronomy 9:1-2
Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them."
Numbers 13:22-23
When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Deuteronomy 2:10-11
(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.
Deuteronomy 2:21
They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.
Deuteronomy 3:5
All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.
Joshua 11:22
No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
Joshua 15:14
Caleb drove out from there three Anakites -- Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
Judges 1:20
Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.