Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak--The name is derived from the son of Arba, a great man among the Arabians (Joshua 15:14), who probably obtained his appellation from wearing a splendid collar or chain round his neck, as the word imports. The epithet "giant" evidently refers here to stature. (See on Genesis 6:4). And it is probable the Anakims were a distinguished family, or perhaps a select body of warriors, chosen for their extraordinary size.
we were in our own sight as grasshoppers--a strong Orientalism, by which the treacherous spies gave an exaggerated report of the physical strength of the people of Canaan.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Deuteronomy 1:28
Isaiah 40:22
Ezekiel 20:16
Amos 2:9
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