Numbers 13:31 “But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against…”

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

World English Bible

But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

American Standard Version

But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it.

Darby Translation

But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

Young's Literal Translation

And the men who have gone up with him said, 'We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] stronger than we;'

Bible in Basic English

But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

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Cross references

“But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

Deuteronomy 1:28 Joshua 14:8 Hebrews 3:19 Numbers 32:9

Deuteronomy 1:28 · BSB

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

Joshua 14:8 · BSB

Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

Hebrews 3:19 · BSB

So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

Numbers 32:9 · BSB

For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

Also

Deuteronomy 9:1

Deuteronomy 9:1 · 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

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