Deuteronomy 1:42

Deuteronomy chapter 1 · verse 42 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

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.

Context

v.41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

v.42This passage

v.43So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Hosea 9:12

    Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

  • Isaiah 30:17

    One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

  • Isaiah 59:1

    Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

  • Joshua 7:8

    Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

  • Numbers 14:41

    And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?