And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
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 his long neck, as the word imports. The epithet, "the giants" х ha-Nªpiyliym (H5303)], evidently refers here to stature (see the note at Genesis 6:4).
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.