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Numbers 13:31

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.

KJV

Inter hæc Caleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait : Ascendamus, et possideamus terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam.

Vulgate

καὶ κατεσιώπησεν Χαλὲβ τὸν λαὸν πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ἀναβάντες ἀναβησόμεθα καὶ κατακληρονομήσομεν αὐτήν, ὅτι δυνατοὶ δυνησόμεθα πρὸς αὐτούς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/הָ֨/אֲנָשִׁ֜ים אֲשֶׁר עָל֤וּ עִמּ/וֹ֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א נוּכַ֖ל לַ/עֲל֣וֹת אֶל הָ/עָ֑ם כִּֽי חָזָ֥ק ה֖וּא מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֲזָקָ֔ה
chzqh
adjective · 56×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:33 — And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
  • Deut 1:28 — Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of t
  • Deut 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
  • Heb 3:19 — So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
  • Josh 14:8 — Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
  • Josh 14:8 — Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
  • Num 14:36 — And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
  • Num 32:9 — For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
  • Prov 26:6 — He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.