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Berean Standard Bible

“Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.”

Deuteronomy 9:1

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Moses calls Israel to listen: they are about to cross the Jordan to dispossess nations larger and stronger than themselves, with great cities fortified up to the sky. He even mentions the Anakim, the tall people whose reputation had terrified the previous generation into refusing to enter the land forty years earlier.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

World English Bible (WEB)

Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

King James Version (KJV)

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

American Standard Version (ASV)

Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

OYE, Israel: tú estás hoy para pasar el Jordán, para entrar á poseer gentes más numerosas y más fuertes que tú, ciudades grandes y encastilladas hasta el cielo,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Escucha, Israel: hoy mismo vas a cruzar el río Jordán e iniciarás la conquista de las naciones que viven al otro lado del río.

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