But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we.

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;'

Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, "By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because they are stronger than we are."

At viri qui ascenderant cum eo, dixerunt, Non poterimus ascendere contra populum illum, quia fortior est nobis.

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, and, to make the people believe this, had represented the inhabitants of the land of Canaan in the light they did; but now, in direct opposition to Caleb, fully expressed it, giving this reason for it:
for they are stronger than we; being both of a larger size and more numerous.

But his companions were of an opposite opinion, and declared that the people in Canaan were stronger than the Israelites, and therefore it was impossible to go up to it.

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 testimonies.