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.


In Context

39 'And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it;

40 and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

41 And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we — we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country;

42 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.

43 'And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;

44 and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir — 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 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 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.