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Numbers 13:32-33
New Catholic Bible
Numbers 13:32-33
New Catholic Bible
32 Thus, they brought a negative report of the land which they had explored for the people of Israel saying, “The land which we went through to explore is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw in it were immense. 33 We saw giants there, the descendants of Anak (the Anak come from the Nephilim). We felt as if we were only grasshoppers, and we seemed like that to them.”[a]
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- Numbers 13:33 The spies’ false report transmits their own fear and distrust of the Lord and sets the scene for the community’s rebellion.
Numbers 13:32-33
New International Version
Numbers 13:32-33
New International Version
32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(A) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(B) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(C) 33 We saw the Nephilim(D) there (the descendants of Anak(E) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(F) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Numbers 13:32-33
King James Version
Numbers 13:32-33
King James Version
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
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Numbers 13:32-33
New King James Version
Numbers 13:32-33
New King James Version
32 And they (A)gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (B)all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the [a]giants ((C)the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were (D)like[b] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were (E)in their sight.”
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- Numbers 13:33 Heb. nephilim
- Numbers 13:33 As mere insects
Numbers 13:32-33
English Standard Version
Numbers 13:32-33
English Standard Version
32 So (A)they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (B)all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw the (C)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (D)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (E)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
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