KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 13:28
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Numbers 13
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And 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.
28 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.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶ֚פֶסH657 · e.phesendכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforעַ֣זH5794 · azstrongהָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleהַיֹּשֵׁ֖בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבָּאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְהֶֽעָרִ֗יםH5892 · irexcitementבְּצֻר֤וֹתH1219 · ba.tsarto gather/restrain/fortifyגְּדֹלֹת֙H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeמְאֹ֔דH3966 · me.odmuchוְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoיְלִדֵ֥יH3211 · ya.lidbornהָֽעֲנָ֖קH6061 · a.naqAnakרָאִ֥ינוּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:28Whither 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 9:1-2Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,Joshua 11:22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.Deuteronomy 2:10-11The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Deuteronomy 2:21A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:Numbers 13:22-23And 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.)Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
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