Księga Liczb 13:20

Biblia Warszawska

I jaka jest gleba, czy urodzajna, czy jałowa; czy są na niej drzewa, czy nie ma. Bądźcie odważni; zabierzcie też z sobą coś z płodów ziemi. A był to czas dojrzewania winogron.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Jaka też jest ziemia, w której mieszkają, jeźli dobra, czyli zła? i co są za miasta, w których mieszkają, jeźli w namieciech, czyli w obronnych miejscach?

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Czy ziemia uprawna jest żyzna, czy jałowa? Czy rosną tam drzewa, czy nie? Bądźcie przy tym odważni. Przynieście też coś z płodów tej ziemi. A była to właśnie pora dojrzewania winogron.

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Jaka też jest ziemia, w której mieszkają, dobra-li czy-li zła i co za są miasta, w których mieszkają, a jesliż w namieciech czy-li w miejscach obronnych mieszkają.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Co tam jest za gleba, czy ona żyzna, czy płonna ? Czy są na niej drzewa, czy nie? Bądźcie mężni oraz weźcie ze sobą owoce tej ziemi. Zaś wtedy był czas czas dojrzewania winogron.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Jaka też jest ziemia, w której mieszkają, jeźli dobra, czyli zła? i co są za miasta, w których mieszkają, jeźli w namieciech, czyli w obronnych miejscach?

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
I jaka jest ziemia: czy urodzajna, czy jałowa; czy są na niej drzewa, czy nie. Bądźcie odważni i przynieście nam z owocu tamtej ziemi. A był to czas dojrzewania winogron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whether it be: Nehemiah 9:25, Nehemiah 9:35, Ezekiel 34:14

good courage: Numbers 13:30, Numbers 13:31, Deuteronomy 31:6-8, Deuteronomy 31:23, Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 2:3, Joshua 2:22, Joshua 2:23, 1 Chronicles 22:11, Hebrews 13:6

the firstripe: Numbers 13:23, Numbers 13:24, Micah 7:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:28 - the fatness 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be of good

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And what the land [is], whether it be fat or lean,.... That is, what the soil of it is, whether it be rich and fertile, or whether it be poor and barren, which would be seen by the fruits it produced, this being now the fruitful season of the year; and so the Targum of Jonathan,

"and what is the praise of the land, whether its fruits are fat or lean;''

plump and full, rich and juicy, or otherwise, as their grapes, olives, c. whether it was a land flowing with milk and honey, Exodus 33:3, abounding with all good things, and those of the best sort, or not:

whether there be wood thereon or not timber for building, and other manual operations, or wood for fuel, which are great conveniences in a country; though the Targum of Jonathan interprets it of fruit-bearing trees, which bear fruits fit for eating, or not, as apples, pears, figs, pomegranates, c.

and be ye of good courage and not be afraid of being taken up for spies, suggesting, that the power and providence of God would protect and preserve them, in which they should put their trust, and be of good heart:

and bring of the fruit of the land; as a sample and specimen of what it brought forth, which would serve to encourage and animate the people in general, to go up and possess it:

now the time [was] the time of the first ripe grapes; when they and the other summer fruits were coming to their perfection; and which was a proper season to see them in, and bring a sample of them; though Chaskuni suggests, that it was a more dangerous time to bring off fruit, because the keepers of the vineyards were then there; and hence they needed strengthening, and are bid to be of good courage; the Targum of Jonathan is,

"the day on which they went was the twenty ninth of the month Sivan, the time of the first ripe grapes;''

and as this month answers to part of our May and part of June, and it being at the latter end of that month, it must be about the middle of June; by which we may observe the forwardness of grapes in the land of Canaan, the time of vintage now drawing nigh.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The time ... of the firstripe grapes - The first grapes ripen in Palestine in July and August: the vintage is gathered in September and October. This indication of date tallies with what we should have inferred from the previous narrative. For the Israelite host had quitted Sinai on the 20th day of the second month Numbers 13:10, Numbers 13:11, or about the middle of May: since then they had spent a month at Kibroth-hattaavah and a week at Hazeroth, and had accomplished, in all, from 150 to 200 miles of march: it therefore must have been at least the beginning of July, and may have been a month later, when the spies were despatched into the land of promise.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 13:20. The land - whether it be fat or lean — Whether the SOIL be rich or poor; which might be known by its being well wooded, and by the fruits it produced; and therefore they were desired to examine it as to the trees, &c., and to bring some of the fruits with them.