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Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 13:18

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;

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;
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 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2 `Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.' 3 And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them [are] men, heads of the sons of Israel they are, 4 and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur. 5 For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori. 6 For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh. 7 For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph. 8 For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun. 9 For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu. 10 For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 3:8, Ezekiel 34:14

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
Genesis 13:4
unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:7
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren.
Genesis 14:13
And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram's allies.
Genesis 18:1
And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
Genesis 23:2
and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.
Genesis 35:27
And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.
Genesis 37:14
and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.
Numbers 13:22
and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan 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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