Numbers 13:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Numbers 13:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Espial of Canaan. This narrative is marked by numerous discrepancies, due to its being a fusion of two accounts drawn from JE and P. In the one (JE) the spies start probably from Kadesh ( Numbe...
Numbers 13:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish or 'enosh. App-14. not able . the conclusion of sight. they are stronger than we . the conclusion of unbelief, which always leaves God out.
Numbers 13:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Numbers 13:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Numbers 13:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sending of the Spies and their Report 8. Oshea] RV 'Hoshea,' meaning 'help' or 'salvation.' Joshua, or Jehoshua ( Numbers 13:16 ), means 'Jehovah is my help': see on Exodus 17:9 .
Numbers 13:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT Numbers 13:1-33 ; Numbers 14:1-10 Two narratives at least appear to be united in the thirteenth and fourteenth Chapter s. From Numbers 13:17 ; Numbers 13:22-23 , w...
Numbers 13:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Majority and Minority Reports Numbers 13:21-33 It was August. Eshcol lay southeast of Hebron. Its sloping hills were covered with choice grapevines, the clusters of which weighed ten to twe...
Numbers 13:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have another story of failure. It is closely associated with the movement of the people toward the promised land. The hour had come in which they should go forward. In this account in Numbers...
Numbers 13:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the men that went up with him ,.... With Caleb, all but Joshua: the other ten said, we be not able to go up against the people ; this they had not said before, though they plainly suggested it...
Numbers 13:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The men All of them, Joshua excepted. Stronger Both in stature of body and numbers of people. Thus they question the power, and truth, and goodness of God, of all which they had such ample testim...
Numbers 13:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPIES SENT TO CANAAN (vs.1-25) As Israel drew nearer to Canaan, God instructed Moses to send a man from each of the 12 tribes to spy out the land Canaan (vs.1-2). If we compare this to Deuterono...
Numbers 13:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all...
Numbers 13:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The men that went up with him; all of them, Joshua excepted. They are stronger than we, both in stature of body and numbers of people. Thus they wickedly question the power, and truth, and goodne...
Numbers 13:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 13:1-2 . And the Lord spake unto Moses , &c. It appears from Deuteronomy 1:22-23 , that the sending of the spies to search out the land was suggested b...
Numbers 13:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 13:11 . The tribe of Joseph. This verse seems deficient. Septri Manasseh; where the sense is, that the sceptre of Joseph was in the tribe of Manasseh. The Hebrew משׂה matta, signifies...
Numbers 13:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH ( Numbers 13:1-4 , Numbers 14:1-4 ). Numbers 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land. If this account of the mission of the spies be...
Numbers 13:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exploration of the Spies and Their Report
Numbers 13:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:28 ; Hebrews 3:19 ; Joshua 14:8 ; Numbers 32:9
Numbers 13:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The men — All of them, Joshua excepted. Stronger — Both in stature of body and numbers of people. Thus they question the power, and truth, and goodness of God, of all which they had such ample test...

Numbers 13:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 13:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 13:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 13:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 13:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 13:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 13:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 13:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 13:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 13:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 13:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 13:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 13:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes