Deuteronomy 1:28
Context| NETBible | What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage 1 by describing people who are more numerous 2 and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven 3 itself! Moreover, they said they saw 4 Anakites 5 there.” |
| XREF | Ex 15:15; Nu 13:28-33; De 9:1,2; De 9:2; De 20:8; Jos 2:9,11,24; Jos 11:22; Jos 14:8; Jos 15:14; Jud 1:10,20; 2Sa 21:16-22; Isa 13:7; Eze 21:7 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.” 2 tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB). 3 tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context. 4 tn Heb “we have seen.” 5 tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.” sn Anakites were giant people (Num 13:33; Deut 2:10, 21; 9:2) descended from a certain Anak whose own forefather Arba founded the city of Kiriath Arba, i.e., Hebron (Josh 21:11). |
