The Meaning of Numbers 13:31 Explained

Numbers 13:31

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.

YLT: 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;'

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.

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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Numbers 13:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 13:21-33 - The Majority And Minority Reports
It was August. Eshcol lay southeast of Hebron. Its sloping hills were covered with choice grapevines, the clusters of which weighed ten to twelve pounds. The tall, muscular Canaanites presented a strong contrast to the more diminutive Egyptians. The spies compared the Canaanites with themselves, instead of with Almighty God. Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances through God. There is no land worth possessing which has not its giants; but, like Caleb, faith looks not at giants, but to the living God. See Numbers 14:8. The doubters said Can God? Caleb affirmed, God can! Only follow God fully! Be utterly yielded to Him. Present yourself to God as alive from the dead, and eternally united to the living Christ; then He will bruise Satan under your feet and make you tread upon the lion and adder, Psalms 91:13; Romans 16:20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 13

1  The names of the men who were sent to search the land
17  Their instructions
21  Their acts
26  Their relation

What do the individual words in Numbers 13:31 mean?

But the men who had gone up with him said not we are able to go up against the people for [is] stronger it than we
וְהָ֨אֲנָשִׁ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־ עָל֤וּ עִמּוֹ֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א נוּכַ֖ל לַעֲל֣וֹת אֶל־ הָעָ֑ם כִּֽי־ חָזָ֥ק ה֖וּא מִמֶּֽנּוּ

וְהָ֨אֲנָשִׁ֜ים  But  the  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
עָל֤וּ  had  gone  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עִמּוֹ֙  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
אָֽמְר֔וּ  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
נוּכַ֖ל  we  are  able 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: יָכֹל  
Sense: to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able.
לַעֲל֣וֹת  to  go  up 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
אֶל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הָעָ֑ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
חָזָ֥ק  [is]  stronger 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָזָק  
Sense: strong, stout, mighty.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ  than  we 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.

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