Deuteronomy 1:42

The NET Bible®

But the Lord told me: "Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.'"

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh said to me, ‘Say to them, "Do not go up and do not fight—for I am not among you—so that you are not defeated before your enemies."'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies."'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lord sayd vnto me: Say vnto them, go not vp, neither fight, for I am not among you: lest ye fall before your enemies.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord said to me, ‘Tell the people not to go up there and fight, because I will not be with them. Their enemies will defeat them!'

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in the midst of you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.'

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

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, for I am not among you: least ye be smitten before your enemies.

King James Version
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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye LORDE sayde vnto me: Speake vnto them, yt they go not vp, & that they fighte not (for I am not amoge you) that ye be not smytten before youre enemies.

THE MESSAGE
But God told me, "Tell them, ‘Don't do it; don't go up to fight—I'm not with you in this. Your enemies will waste you.'"

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to me, Say to them, Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

New King James Version
"And the LORD said to me, "Tell them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies."'

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord said, "Moses, warn them not to go into the hill country. I won't help them fight, and their enemies will defeat them."

Complete Jewish Bible
But Adonai said to me, ‘Tell them, "Don't go up, and don't fight, because I am not there with you; if you do, your enemies will defeat you."'

Darby Translation
And 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, (for I am not among you) least ye fall before your enemies.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to me, Say to them, You shall not go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.

Good News Translation
"But the Lord said to me, ‘Warn them not to attack, for I will not be with them, and their enemies will defeat them.'

Amplified Bible
"But the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not among you [because of your rebellion]; otherwise you will be [badly] defeated by your enemies."'

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to me, Tell them, Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.'

New Living Translation
"But the Lord told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'

New Life Bible
The Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, "Do not go up or fight. For I am not among you. You would be destroyed by those who hate you."'

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to me, "Say to them, ‘Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not in the midst of you; otherwise you will be defeated by your enemies.'"

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

English Revised Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD said to me, "Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me - Say unto them Ye shall not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, - lest ye should be smitten before your enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The 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.

Lexham English Bible
So Yahweh said to me, ‘Say to them, "You shall not go up, and you shall not fight because I am not in your midst; you will be defeated before your enemies."'

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to me, Say to them, You shall not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst; lest you be struck before your enemies.

English Standard Version
And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your midst, lest you be defeated before your enemies.'

New American Standard Bible
"But the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated by your enemies."'

New Century Version
But the Lord said to me, "Tell the people, ‘You must not go up there and fight. I will not be with you, and your enemies will defeat you.'"

Christian Standard Bible®
"But the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them: Don't go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Seie thou to hem, `Nyle ye stye, nether fiyte ye, for Y am not with you, lest ye fallen bifor youre enemyes.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea. ²⁰ Then I said to you, "You have come to the Amorite hill country which the Lord our God is about to give us. ²¹ Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord , the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!" ²² So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there." ²³ I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. ²⁴ They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out. ²⁵ Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, "The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good." ²⁶ You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God. ²⁷ You complained among yourselves privately and said, "Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us! ²⁸ What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go not up: Numbers 14:41, Numbers 14:42

for I am not: Leviticus 26:17, Joshua 7:8-13, 1 Samuel 4:2, 1 Samuel 4:10, Isaiah 30:17, Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:2, Hosea 9:12

Reciprocal: Psalms 60:10 - didst

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto me,.... When the people had armed themselves, and were in motion, or ready to set forward to ascend the hill:

say unto them, go not up, neither fight; neither go up the hill, and if they did, contrary to this order, and should meet with enemies, not fight them, but retreat:

for I am not among you: the ark of the covenant, the symbol of his presence, was then among them, but it did not go with them, it continued in the camp, Numbers 14:44 nor did the Lord exert his power, or show himself present with them, or to be on their side, but left them to themselves, and to their enemies:

lest ye be smitten before your enemies; God not being with them to fight for them, protect and defend them, and give them victory.