Numbers 13:34

11 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Douay-Rheims 1899

There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.

Geneva Bible 1599

For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.

British English Septuagint 2012

And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Také jsme tam viděli obry, syny Enakovy, kteříž jsou větší než jiní obrové, ješto se nám zdálo, že jsme proti nim jako kobylky, a takoví jsme se i jim zdáli.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑωράκαμεν τοὺς γίγαντας καὶ ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδες, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτως ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.

Italian Diodati Bible

Noi vi abbiamo eziandio veduti de' giganti, i figliuoli di Anac , della schiatta de' giganti; appetto a' quali ci pareva di esser locuste; e tali eziandio parevamo loro.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ibi vidimus monstra quædam filiorum Enac de genere giganteo: quibus comparati, quasi locustæ videbamur.

Russian Synodal Bible

там видели мы и исполинов, сынов Енаковых, от исполинского рода; и мы были в глазах наших пред ними, как саранча, такими же были мы и в глазах их.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Videsmo onde i divove, sinove Enakove, roda divovskog, i činjaše nam se da smo prema njima kao skakavci, takvi se i njima činjasmo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Видесмо онде и дивове, синове Енакове, рода дивовског, и чињаше нам се да смо према њима као скакавци, такви се и њима чињасмо.

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 1450 BC–1400 BC Moses
Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes the Torah to Moses, written during the wilderness period.
Critical: 950 BC–450 BC Multiple sources, compiled
Historical-critical scholarship sees the Torah as woven from several sources over centuries, reaching final form in the Persian period.

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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1450 BC–450 BC).

1900 BC–1450 BC Minoan palace culture Greece
Crete supported a literate palace society trading across the Aegean long before mainland Greece.
1600 BC–1178 BC Hittite empire Anatolia
An Anatolian power rivalling Egypt, ended in the Bronze Age collapse.
1600 BC–1046 BC Shang dynasty oracle bones China
The earliest substantial Chinese writing, inscribed on bone and shell for divination.
1550 BC–1069 BC Egyptian New Kingdom Egypt
Egypt at its imperial height, ruling from Nubia to the Levant under Thutmose III, Akhenaten and Rameses II.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse Mediterranean
Within roughly two generations most eastern Mediterranean states fell; cities were destroyed, trade networks broke and literacy contracted sharply.

Numbers 13:34

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆