Numbers 13:31

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

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the men who have gone up with him said, `We are not able to go up against the people, for it <FI>is<Fi> stronger than we;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 13:31 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 32:7Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
  2. Numbers 32:9For 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.
  3. Deuteronomy 1:28Where 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.’”
  4. Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, 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.
  5. Joshua 14:8Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  6. Hebrews 3:19So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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