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Revised Standard Version

Numbers 13:18

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kadesh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kadesh-Barnea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judah;   Michael;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;  

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:
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 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them." 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. 4 And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Sham'mu-a the son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun'neh; 7 from the tribe of Is'sachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of E'phraim, Hoshe'a the son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Gad'diel the son of Sodi;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 3:8, Ezekiel 34:14

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 13:4
to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:7
and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. At that time the Canaanites and the Per'izzites dwelt in the land.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.
Genesis 14:13
Then one who had escaped came, and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.
Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died at Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Genesis 35:27
And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
Genesis 37:14
So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Numbers 13:22
They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahi'man, She'shai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zo'an in Egypt.)

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.


 
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