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.


In Context

39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto 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 to 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 ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the mountain.

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 hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and were presumptuous, and went up into the mountain.

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto 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 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.

The American King James Version 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 you be smitten before your enemies.