Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Numbers 13:31

FearDoubtDiscouragement and depression

29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

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

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

32 So 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.

33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people; for it [is] stronger than we.”
ÅB
Men de menn som hadde vært med ham der opp, sa: Vi makter ikke å dra opp mot det folk; for det er sterkere enn vi.
OTB
Men mennene som hadde gått opp med ham sa: "Vi er ikke i stand til å gå opp mot folket, for de er sterkere enn vi er."
B1930
Men de menn som hadde vært med ham der op, sa: Vi makter ikke å dra op mot det folk; for det er sterkere enn vi.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    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.’”

    Read in context

  • Joshua 14:8

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

    Read in context

  • Hebrews 3:19

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

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 9:1

    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.

    Read in context

  • Numbers 32:9

    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.

    Read in context