Numbers 13 · Verse 30

Numbers 13:30

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.
Numbers 13:30, King James Version

Numbers 13:30 in other translations

BSBThen Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
WEBCaleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, ‘Let us certainly go up--and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'
DARBYAnd Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
BBEThen Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Numbers 13:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 13:26-33

We may wonder that the people of Israel staid forty days for the return of their spies, when they were ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the Divine power, and the miracles that had hitherto attended them. But they distrusted God's power and promise. How much we stand in our own light by our unbelief! At length the messengers returned; but the greater part discouraged the…

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Numbers 13:30 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֧הַסvai.Ya.hasand he silencedH2013
כָּלֵ֛בka.LevCalebH3612
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
עָלֹ֤ה'a.Lohcertainly <to go up>H5927
נַעֲלֶה֙na.'a.Lehwe will go upH5927
וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּve.ya.Rash.nuand we will take possession ofH3423
אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יָכ֥וֹלya.Kholcertainly <to prevail>H3201
נוּכַ֖לnu.Khalwe will prevailH3201
לָֽהּ\׃Lahto <the> it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 13:30

  • Numbers 14:24

    But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  • Psalms 60:12

    Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  • Numbers 14:6-9

    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

  • Romans 8:37

    Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

  • Isaiah 41:10-16

    Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. …

  • Hebrews 11:33

    Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

  • Joshua 14:6-8

    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

  • Psalms 118:10-11

    All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

  • Psalms 27:1-2

    A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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14:6-9,24; Jos 14:6-8; Ps 27:1,2; 60:12; 118:10,11; Isa 41:10-16
Ro 8:31,37; Php 4:13; Heb 11:33

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Context

  • Numbers 13:29

    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

  • Numbers 13:30

    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.

  • Numbers 13:31

    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.

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Numbers 13:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Amalec habita la tierra del mediodía; y el Hetheo, y el Jebuseo, y el Amorrheo, habitan en el monte; y el Cananeo habita junto á la mar, y á la ribera del Jordán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Caleb fit taire le peuple devant Moïse, et dit: Montons hardiment et prenons possession du pays, car nous sommes bien capables de le faire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Kaleb beschwichtigte das Volk gegen Mose und sprach: Laßt uns nur hinaufziehen und es in Besitz nehmen, denn wir werden es gewißlich überwältigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Amalec habitat in meridie, Hethæus et Jebusæus et Amorrhæus in montanis: Chananæus vero moratur juxta mare et circa fluenta Jordanis.