Numbers 13:19
17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
- KJV
- And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
- WEB
- and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
- ASV
- and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
- DARBY
- and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
- BLB
- and how is the land in which he is dwelling, is it good or bad; and how are the cities in which he is dwelling, in camps or in fortifications;
- ÅB
- og hvordan det land er som det bor i, om det er godt eller dårlig, og hvordan de byer er som det bor i, om det bor i leire eller i festninger,
- OTB
- Hva slags land bor de i? Er det godt eller dårlig? Hvordan er byene? Er de uten murer eller befestede?
- B1930
- og hvordan det land er som det bor i, om det er godt eller dårlig, og hvordan de byer er som det bor i, om det bor i leire eller i festninger,