Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, "Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country
New American Standard Bible
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up
King James Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Holman Bible
When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.
International Standard Version
Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua. Then he sent them out to explore the land of Canaan. He instructed them, "Go up from here through the Negev, then ascend to the hill country.
A Conservative Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country.
American Standard Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
Amplified
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the Negev (the South country); then go up into the hill country.
Bible in Basic English
So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
Darby Translation
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses will send them to search out the land of Canaan, and will say to them, Go ye up hither to the south and ascend the mountain,
King James 2000
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Go up this way into the South, and go up into the mountains:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and he said to them, "Go up [like] this to the Negev, and go up into the hill country,
Modern King James verseion
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way, southward, and go up into the mountain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Moses sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, "Get you southward and go up into the high country:
New Heart English Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way by the Negev, and go up into the hill country:
The Emphasized Bible
So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan, - and said unto them - Go up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;
Webster
And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this way southward, and ascend the mountain:
World English Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, 'Go ye up this way into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 13:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies Sent To Spy Out The Land Of Canaan
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua. 17 When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, "Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country 18 and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,
Cross References
Genesis 12:9
Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.
Judges 1:9
Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
Judges 1:15
She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Judges 1:19
The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.
Numbers 13:21-22
So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath.
Numbers 13:29
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."
Numbers 14:40
And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the Lord commanded, for we have sinned."
Deuteronomy 1:44
The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.
Joshua 15:3
extended south of the Scorpion Ascent, crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.