Verse 28

Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Hvor skal vi dra opp? Våre brødre har gjort våre hjerter motløse ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og befestede opp til himmelen. Vi har også sett anakittene der, som er fryktede krigere.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har gjort våre hjerter motløse, og sier: Folket er større og høyere enn vi, byene er store og befestet opp til himmelen; og dessuten har vi sett Anakittenes sønner der.

  • Norsk King James

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har gjort hjertene våre motløse, og sagt: Folkene er større og høyere enn vi; byene er store og murt opp til himmelen; og dessuten har vi sett anaksønnene der.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvor skal vi dra? Våre brødre har gjort vårt hjerte mismodig og sagt: Folket er større og høyere enn oss, byene er store og befestet til himmelen, og vi har sett anakittenes barn der.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hvor kan vi dra opp? Våre brødre har gjort oss motløse ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og befestet opp til himmelen, og vi så også anakittenes barn der.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hvor kan vi dra opp? Våre brødre har fått hjertet vårt til å svikte ved å si: Folket der er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og har murer helt opp til himmelen. Dessuten har vi sett anakittenes sønner der.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har motløsnet vårt hjerte ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn oss, byene er store og murene strekker seg opp mot himmelen, og dessuten har vi sett Anakittenes sønner der.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Hvor kan vi dra opp? Våre brødre har fått hjertet vårt til å svikte ved å si: Folket der er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og har murer helt opp til himmelen. Dessuten har vi sett anakittenes sønner der.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har gjort våre hjerter motløse ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn vi, og byene er store og befestet opp til himmelen. Og vi har også sett Anakittene der.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hvor skal vi dra? Våre brødre har fått vår styrke til å svikte ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn vi, byene er store og befestede til himmelen, og vi har til og med sett Anakittenes barn der.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvor skulle vi drage op? vore Brødre have mistrøstet vort Hjerte og sagt: Det Folk er større og høiere end vi, Stæderne ere store og befæstede imod Himmelen, dertilmed have vi ogsaa seet Anakims Børn der.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har svekket motet vårt ved å si: 'Folket er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og murer som rekker til himmelen. Dessuten har vi sett anakittenes barn der.'

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, 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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Hvor skal vi gå opp? Våre brødre har fått vårt hjerte til å smelte ved å si: Folkene er større og høyere enn vi; byene er store og befestet til himmelen; og dessuten har vi sett anakittenes sønner der.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Hvor skal vi dra opp? Våre brødre har svekket motet vårt ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn oss, byene er store og befestet til himmelen, og vi har også sett Anakittenes sønner der.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hvorfor går vi opp? Våre brødre har fått våre hjerter til å miste motet ved å si: Folket er større og høyere enn oss; byene er store og befestet opp til himmelen; og vi har sett Anakittenes sønner der.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hvor skal vi dra nå? Våre brødre har gjort oss motløse ved å si: Folket der er større og høyere enn vi, og byene er store og befestet helt opp til himmelen. Og vi har også sett anakittene der.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    How shall we goo vpp? Oure brethern haue discoraged oure hartes sayenge: the people is greater and taller than we, ad the cities are greatte and walked euen vpp to heauen, and moreouer we haue sene the sonnes of the Enakimes there.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Whither shal we go vp? Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes, & saide: The people is greater & of hyer stature the we, ye cities are greate, & walled euen vp to heauen. Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Whither shal we go vp? our brethren haue discouraged our hearts, saying, The people is greater, and taller then we: the cities are great and walled vp to heauen: and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Whyther shal we go vp? Our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying: the people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled euen vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 9:1-2 : 1 Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens. 2 The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
  • Josh 14:8 : 8 'But my brothers who went up with me discouraged the hearts of the people, while I followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'
  • Num 13:28-33 : 28 However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."
  • Exod 15:15 : 15 The chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the leaders of Moab tremble; the inhabitants of Canaan melt away.
  • Josh 15:14 : 14 Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.
  • Judg 1:10 : 10 Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • Judg 1:20 : 20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.
  • 2 Sam 21:16-22 : 16 Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose spear weighed three hundred bronze shekels and who was armed with a new weapon, said he would kill David. 17 But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to David's aid. He struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel." 18 After this, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. At that time, Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha. 19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite struck down Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod. 20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in total. He too was descended from Rapha. 21 He taunted Israel, but Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down. 22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and his men.
  • Isa 13:7 : 7 Because of this, every hand will go limp and every human heart will melt with fear.
  • Ezek 21:7 : 7 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
  • Deut 20:8 : 8 The officers shall continue to speak to the people, saying: 'Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, so he does not cause his brothers' hearts to melt like his own.'
  • Josh 2:9 : 9 and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land and that fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.
  • Josh 2:11 : 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted, and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
  • Josh 2:24 : 24 They said to Joshua, "The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear because of us."
  • Josh 11:22 : 22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.