A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Stand. Hebrew, "who can stand before the sons of Enak? "as if this were a sort of proverb. (Calmet)
The spies had formerly terrified the people with the report of the high walls and gigantic inhabitants of Chanaan, Numbers xiii. 18.