Numbers 13:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 13:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 13:31 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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.”
— Numbers 13:31 (KJV)
Numbers 13:31 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 13:31
“And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:31: men, went, against
“And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:31: men, went, stronger
“And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc the house...: or, Bethel”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:31: men, went, against
“And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:31: went, against, people
“In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations turning...: or, instead of restoring”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:31: men, able, against
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