Verse 28

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.

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.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.'

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.1.28", "source": "אָנָ֣ה ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹלִ֗ים אַחֵינוּ֩ הֵמַ֨סּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר עַ֣ם גָּד֤וֹל וָרָם֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ עָרִ֛ים גְּדֹלֹ֥ת וּבְצוּרֹ֖ת בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְגַם־בְּנֵ֥י עֲנָקִ֖ים רָאִ֥ינוּ שָֽׁם", "text": "*ʾānāh* *ʾănaḥnû* *'ōlîm*? *ʾaḥênû* *hēmassû* *ʾet*-*ləbābēnû* *lēʾmōr*: *'am* *gādôl* and-*rām* from-us, *'ārîm* *gədōlōt* and-*bəṣûrōt* in-the-*šāmāyim*; and-also-*bənê* *'ănāqîm* *rāʾînû* there.", "grammar": { "*ʾānāh*": "interrogative adverb - 'where/to where'", "*ʾănaḥnû*": "1st person plural independent pronoun - 'we'", "*'ōlîm*": "masculine plural participle, qal form of *'lh* - 'going up'", "*ʾaḥênû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - 'our brothers'", "*hēmassû*": "3rd person plural perfect, hiphil form of *mss* - 'cause to melt/discourage'", "*ləbābēnû*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person plural suffix - 'our heart'", "*lēʾmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - 'saying'", "*'am*": "masculine singular noun - 'people'", "*gādôl*": "masculine singular adjective - 'great/large'", "*rām*": "masculine singular adjective - 'tall/high'", "*'ārîm*": "feminine plural noun - 'cities'", "*gədōlōt*": "feminine plural adjective - 'great/large'", "*bəṣûrōt*": "feminine plural passive participle, qal form of *bṣr* - 'fortified'", "*šāmāyim*": "masculine dual noun with definite article - 'the heavens'", "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - 'sons of'", "*'ănāqîm*": "proper noun - 'Anakim'", "*rāʾînû*": "1st person plural perfect, qal form of *r'h* - 'see'" }, "variants": { "*ʾānāh*": "where/to where/where to", "*'ōlîm*": "going up/ascending", "*ʾaḥênû*": "our brothers/kinsmen/fellow Israelites", "*hēmassû*": "melted/discouraged/made fearful", "*ləbābēnû*": "our heart/courage/resolve", "*'am*": "people/nation", "*gādôl*": "great/large/numerous", "*rām*": "tall/high/mighty", "*'ārîm*": "cities/towns", "*bəṣûrōt*": "fortified/walled/defended", "*šāmāyim*": "heavens/sky (meaning very tall)", "*bənê 'ănāqîm*": "sons of Anak/Anakim (race of giants)" } }

  • 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.'

  • 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 Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
  • Josh 14:8 : 8 Nevertheless, my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
  • Num 13:28-33 : 28 Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan. 30 And Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we. 32 And they gave a bad report of the land which they had explored to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to explore it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descendants of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.
  • Exod 15:15 : 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
  • Josh 15:14 : 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Judg 1:10 : 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) and they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • Judg 1:20 : 20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.
  • 2 Sam 21:16-22 : 16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the descendants of the giant—the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass, and he was girded with a new sword—thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel. 18 After this, there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan, the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was another battle in Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
  • Isa 13:7 : 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt:
  • Ezek 21:7 : 7 And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be as weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, says the Lord GOD.
  • Deut 20:8 : 8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
  • Josh 2:9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
  • Josh 2:11 : 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
  • Josh 2:24 : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
  • Josh 11:22 : 22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, some remained.