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Deuteronomy 1:28

Fear

26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

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BSB
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
KJV
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
WEB
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, ‘The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there!’”
ASV
Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
DARBY
Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, [They are] a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
BLB
Where [can] we go up? Our brothers have discouraged our hearts, saying, ‘The people [are] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and fortified up to the heavens. And moreover, we have seen the sons of Anak there.’”
ÅB
Hva er det for et land vi skal dra opp til! Våre brødre har gjort vårt hjerte mistrøstig ved å si: Det er et folk som er større og høyere enn vi, og de har store byer med murer som når til himmelen; og der så vi også anakittenes barn.
OTB
Hvor kan vi gå? Våre brødre har fått våre hjerter til å smelte, og sier: "Folket er sterkere og høyere enn vi er; byene er store og befestet opp til himmelen. Vi så til og med anakittene der."'
B1930
Hvad er det for et land vi skal dra op til! Våre brødre har gjort vårt hjerte mistrøstig ved å si: Det er et folk som er større og høiere enn vi, og de har store byer med murer som når til himmelen; og der så vi også anakittenes barn.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:1–2

    Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

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  • Numbers 13:28–33

    Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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  • Joshua 11:22

    There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

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  • Judges 1:20

    And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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  • Joshua 15:14

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:16–22

    And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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  • Joshua 14:8

    Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

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  • Deuteronomy 20:8

    And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.

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