Deuteronomy 1:42 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.”
Deuteronomy 1:42 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 1:42 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 1:42 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies.’””
Deuteronomy 1:42 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 1:42 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. ”
Deuteronomy 1:42 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 1:42 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.”
Deuteronomy 1:42 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 1:42 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah said to me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. ”
Deuteronomy 1:42 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 1:42 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, (for I am not among you) least ye fall before your enemies.”
Deuteronomy 1:42 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 1:42 in Context — Deuteronomy 1
40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
What Does Deuteronomy 1:42 Mean?
Deuteronomy 1:42 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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