42And the LORD said to me, Say to them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies.


In Context

39 Moreover your little ones, which you said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

41 Then you answered and said to 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 you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill.

42 And the LORD said to me, Say to them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies.

43 So I spoke to you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

44 And the Amorites, which dwelled in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.

Deuteronomy 1:42 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:42And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:42But the Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:42The Lord said to me: Say to them: Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:42And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:42And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42And the LORD said to me, Say to them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42Yahweh said to me, |Tell them, 'Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42and 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.