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.' "


In Context

39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad-they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.

40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea. "

41 Then you replied, "We have sinned against the Lord . We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us." So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42 But 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.' "

43 So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the Lord 's command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country.

44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way 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 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.

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.