Numbers 13:18

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

King James Version
And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Lexham English Bible
and you will see what the land is like and if the people who inhabit it are strong or weak, or whether they are few or many,

New Century Version
See what the land looks like. Are the people who live there strong or weak? Are there a few or many?

New English Translation
and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

Amplified Bible
"See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many,

New American Standard Bible
"See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many,

Legacy Standard Bible
And see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

Contemporary English Version
and find out what those regions are like. Be sure to remember how many people live there, how strong they are,

Complete Jewish Bible
and see what the land is like. Notice the people living there, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

Darby Translation
and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

Easy-to-Read Version
See what the land looks like. Learn about the people who live there. Are they strong or are they weak? Are they few or are they many?

English Standard Version
and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

George Lamsa Translation
And see what the land is, and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

Literal Translation
and you shall see the land, what it is , and the people who are living on it, whether it is strong or feeble; whether it is few or many;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and loke vpon the londe how it is: and the people that dwell therin, whether they be stronge or weake, fewe or many:

American Standard Version
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

Bible in Basic English
And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And see the lande what maner thing it is, and the people that dwelleth therin, whether they be strong or weake, eyther fewe or many:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

King James Version (1611)
And see the lande what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they bee strong or weake, fewe or many:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and ye shall go up to the mountain,

English Revised Version
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be few or many;

Berean Standard Bible
See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
biholde ye the lond, what maner lond it is; and biholde ye the puple which is the dwellere therof, whether it is strong, ethir feble, `whether thei ben fewe in noumbre, ether manye;

Young's Literal Translation
and have seen the land what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble; whether it [is] few or many;

Update Bible Version
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

Webster's Bible Translation
And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwell therein, whether they [are] strong or weak, few or many;

World English Bible
and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

New King James Version
and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;

New Living Translation
See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.

New Life Bible
See what the land is like. See if the people who live in it are strong or weak, and if they are few or many.

New Revised Standard
and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And shall see the land, what it is, - And the people that dwell thereupon, Whether they are, strong, or weak, Whether they are, few or many;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(13-19) View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:

Revised Standard Version
and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

Contextual Overview

¹ God spoke to Moses: "Send men to scout out the country of Canaan that I am giving to the People of Israel. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a tried-and-true leader in the tribe." ³So Moses sent them off from the Wilderness of Paran at the command of God . All of them were leaders in Israel, one from each tribe. These were their names: from Reuben: Shammua son of Zaccur from Simeon: Shaphat son of Hori from Judah: Caleb son of Jephunneh from Issachar: Igal son of Joseph from Ephraim: Hoshea son of Nun from Benjamin: Palti son of Raphu from Zebulun: Gaddiel son of Sodi from Manasseh (a Joseph tribe): Gaddi son of Susi from Dan: Ammiel son of Gemalli from Asher: Sethur son of Michael from Naphtali: Nahbi son of Vophsi from Gad: Geuel son of Maki. ¹⁶ These are the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land. Moses gave Hoshea (Salvation) son of Nun a new name—Joshua ( God -Saves). ¹⁷When Moses sent them off to scout out Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country. Look the land over, see what it is like. Assess the people: Are they strong or weak? Are there few or many? Observe the land: Is it pleasant or harsh? Describe the towns where they live: Are they open camps or fortified with walls? And the soil: Is it fertile or barren? Are there forests? And try to bring back a sample of the produce that grows there—this is the season for the first ripe grapes."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 3:8, Ezekiel 34:14

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."

Genesis 14:13
A fugitive came and reported to Abram the Hebrew. Abram was living at the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and Aner. They were allies of Abram. When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken prisoner, he lined up his servants, all of them born in his household—there were 318 of them—and chased after the captors all the way to Dan. Abram and his men split into small groups and attacked by night. They chased them as far as Hobah, just north of Damascus. They recovered all the plunder along with nephew Lot and his possessions, including the women and the people.

Genesis 18:1
God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.

Genesis 35:27
Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.

Genesis 37:14
He said, "Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing and bring me back a report." He sent him off from the valley of Hebron to Shechem.

Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.

1 Timothy 2:8
Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And see the land what it [is], and the people that dwelleth therein,.... The situation and condition of the country, and the nature, temper, disposition, and constitution of the inhabitants, by which it might be judged whether it was a desirable thing to possess it, and whether it was practicable to subdue and take it;

whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many; whether able-bodied men fit for war, and of spirit, strength, and courage, or feeble and pusillanimous, weak and timorous; and whether their number was small or great, by which they would be capable of judging whether they were in a state and condition to defend themselves or not, and whether a conquest of them was easy or not; the last of the two things in the preceding clause is first particularly explained and enlarged upon, as is usual in the Hebrew language.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 13:18. See the land, what it is — What sort of a COUNTRY it is; how situated; its natural advantages or disadvantages.

And the people - whether they be strong or weak — Healthy, robust, hardy men; or little, weak, and pusillanimous.