Numbers 13:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Numbers 13:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 13:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 13:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Numbers 13:28 — World English Bible

Numbers 13:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Numbers 13:28 — American Standard Version

Numbers 13:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“only, 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.”

Numbers 13:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 13:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Numbers 13:28 — Darby Translation

Numbers 13:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they tolde him, and saide, We came vnto the land whither thou hast sent vs, and surely it floweth with milke and honie: and here is of the fruite of it.”

Numbers 13:28 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 13:28 in Context — Numbers 13

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.

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What Does Numbers 13:28 Mean?

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