Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “We should definitely go up and capture the land, for we can certainly do it!”
Numbers 13:31 - Tree of Life Version But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack these people, because they are stronger than we.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are stronger than we are. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But the men who went up with him said, “We can’t go up against the people because they are stronger than we.” Catholic Public Domain Version During these events, Caleb, to restrain the murmuring of the people who rose up against Moses, said, "Let us ascend and possess the land, for we will be able to obtain it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it. |
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “We should definitely go up and capture the land, for we can certainly do it!”
Why do you dishearten Bnei-Yisrael from going across to the land that Adonai has given to them?
They went up to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, but they discouraged the hearts of Bnei-Yisrael not to enter the land which Adonai had given them.
Where are we going? Our brothers have discouraged our hearts saying, “The people are greater and taller than we are! The cities are great and fortified up to the heavens! Besides, we have even seen the children of Anakim there!”’
“Hear, O Israel! You are about to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself—cities great and fortified up to the heavens.
So we see that they were not able to enter in because of lack of trust.
Nevertheless, my fellows that went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear, but I fully followed Adonai my God.
Then Saul said to David, “You can’t go fight this Philistine—for you’re just a youth, and he’s been a warrior since his youth.”