Deuteronomy 1:42

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.

Parallel Translations

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.

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.

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."'

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 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.'"

New English Translation
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.'"

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."'

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."'

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.

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."'

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.

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!'

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.'

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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."'

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.'"

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.

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.'

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.'"

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."'

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. ²⁰ And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. ²¹ See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled. ²² And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come. ²³ And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe; ²⁴ And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there. ²⁵ And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us. ²⁶ But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up: ²⁷ And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction. ²⁸ Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim 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.