Numbers 14:42 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.”

Numbers 14:42 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 14:42 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 14:42 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.”

Numbers 14:42 — World English Bible

Numbers 14:42 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. ”

Numbers 14:42 — American Standard Version

Numbers 14:42 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;”

Numbers 14:42 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 14:42 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies; ”

Numbers 14:42 — Darby Translation

Numbers 14:42 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Goe not vp (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies.”

Numbers 14:42 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 14:42 in Context — Numbers 14

40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.

41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.

42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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What Does Numbers 14:42 Mean?

Numbers 14:42 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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