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Numbers 13:32

NETBible	Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging¹ report of the land they had investigated, saying, “The land that we passed through² to investigate is a land that devours³ its inhabitants.⁴ All the people we saw there⁵ are of great stature.
NIV © biblegateway Num 13:32	And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
NASB © biblegateway Num 13:32	So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.
NLT © biblegateway Num 13:32	So they spread discouraging reports about the land among the Israelites: "The land we explored will swallow up any who go to live there. All the people we saw were huge.
MSG © biblegateway Num 13:32	They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other--it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge.
BBE © SABDAweb Num 13:32	And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 13:32	So they brought to the Israelites an unfavorable report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land that we have gone through as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are of great size.
NKJV © biblegateway Num 13:32	And they 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 all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.
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KJV	And they brought up <03318> (8686) an evil report <01681> of the land <0776> which they had searched <08446> (8804) unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The land <0776>_, through which we have gone <05674> (8804) to search <08446> (8800) it, [is] a land <0776> that eateth up <0398> (8802) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof; and all the people <05971> that we saw <07200> (8804) in it <08432> [are] men <0582> of a great stature <04060>_. {men...: Heb. men of statures}
NASB © biblegateway Num 13:32	So they gave <03318> out to the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> a bad <01681> report <01681> of the land <0776> which <0834> they had spied <08446> out, saying <0559> , "The land <0776> through <05674> which <0834> we have gone <05674> , in spying <08446> it out, is a land <0776> that devours <0398> its inhabitants <03427> ; and all <03605> the people <05971> whom <0834> we saw <07200> in it are men <0376> of great size <04060> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ exhnegkan <1627> V-AAI-3P ekstasin <1611> N-ASF thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF hn <3739> R-ASF kateskeqanto {V-AMI-3P} authn <846> D-ASF prov <4314> PREP touv <3588> T-APM uiouv <5207> N-APM israhl <2474> N-PRI legontev <3004> V-PAPNP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF hn <3739> R-ASF parhlyomen <3928> V-AAI-1P authn <846> D-ASF kataskeqasyai {V-AMN} gh <1065> N-NSF katesyousa <2719> V-PAPNS touv <3588> T-APM katoikountav {V-PAPAP} ep <1909> PREP authv <846> D-GSF estin <1510> V-PAI-3S pav <3956> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM laov <2992> N-NSM on <3739> R-ASM ewrakamen <3708> V-RAI-1P en <1722> PREP auth <846> D-DSF andrev <435> N-NPM upermhkeiv {N-NPM}
NET [draft] ITL	Then they presented <03318> the Israelites <03478> <01121> with a discouraging report <01681> of the land <0776> they had <0834> investigated <08446> , saying <0559> , “The land <0776> that <0834> we passed through <05674> to investigate <08446> is a land <0776> that devours <0398> its inhabitants <03427> . All <03605> the people <05971> we saw <07200> there <08432> are of great stature <04060> .
HEBREW	twdm <04060> ysna <0376> hkwtb <08432> wnyar <07200> rsa <0834> Meh <05971> lkw <03605> awh <01931> hybswy <03427> tlka <0398> Ura <0776> hta <0853> rwtl <08446> hb <0> wnrbe <05674> rsa <0834> Urah <0776> rmal <0559> larvy <03478> ynb <01121> la <0413> hta <0853> wrt <08446> rsa <0834> Urah <0776> tbd <01681> wayuwyw (13:32) <03318>

NETBible

Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging¹ report of the land they had investigated, saying, “The land that we passed through² to investigate is a land that devours³ its inhabitants.⁴ All the people we saw there⁵ are of great stature.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “an evil report,” i.e., one that was a defamation of the grace of God.

²tn Heb “which we passed over in it”; the pronoun on the preposition serves as a resumptive pronoun for the relative, and need not be translated literally.

³tn The verb is the feminine singular participle from אָכַל (’akhal); it modifies the land as a “devouring land,” a bold figure for the difficulty of living in the place.

⁴sn The expression has been interpreted in a number of ways by commentators, such as that the land was infertile, that the Canaanites were cannibals, that it was a land filled with warlike dissensions, or that it denotes a land geared for battle. It may be that they intended the land to seem infertile and insecure.

⁵tn Heb “in its midst.”