Deuteronomy 1:21

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.

King James Version
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

Lexham English Bible
See, Yahweh your God has set before you the land; go up and possess it as Yahweh the God of your ancestors said to you; do not fear and do not be dismayed.'

English Standard Version
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord , the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

New Century Version
Look, here it is! Go up and take it. The Lord , the God of your ancestors, told you to do this, so don't be afraid and don't worry."

New English Translation
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!"

Amplified Bible
'Behold, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up and take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

New American Standard Bible
'See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layde the land before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged.

Legacy Standard Bible
See, Yahweh your God has given over the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

Complete Jewish Bible
Look! Adonai your God has placed the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Adonai , the God of your ancestors, has told you. Don't be afraid, don't be dismayed.'

Darby Translation
Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

Easy-to-Read Version
Look, there it is! Go up and take the land for your own. The Lord , the God of your ancestors, told you to do this, so don't be afraid or worry about anything.'

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the LORD your God has given the land before you; go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has said to you; fear not, neither be terrified.

Christian Standard Bible®
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

Literal Translation
See, Jehovah your God has given the land before you; go up, possess it , as Jehovah the God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be afraid.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, there the londe before the, which the LORDE thy God hath geue vnto the: Go vp, & conquere it, as ye LORDE God of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the: feare not, and be not discoraged.

American Standard Version
Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, the Lorde thy God hath set the lande before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath sayd vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'

King James Version (1611)
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: Goe vp, and possesse it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said vnto thee: Feare not, neither be discouraged.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.

English Revised Version
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

Berean Standard Bible
See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
se thou the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee; `stie thou, and welde it, as oure Lord God spak to thi fadris; `nyle thou drede, nether `drede thou in herte ony thing.

Young's Literal Translation
see, Jehovah thy God hath set before thee the land; go up, possess, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.

Update Bible Version
Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it], as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said to thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

World English Bible
Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.

New King James Version
Look, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.'

New Living Translation
Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don't be afraid! Don't be discouraged!'

New Life Bible
See, the Lord your God has set the land in front of you. Go and take it for your own, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or troubled.'

New Revised Standard
See, the Lord your God has given the land to you; go up, take possession, as the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has promised you; do not fear or be dismayed."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
See thou - Yahweh thy God hath set before thee the land, - go up - take possession as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee, do not fear, neither be dismayed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
See the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord our God hath spoken to thy fathers: fear not, nor be any way discouraged.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you; do not fear or be dismayed.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Moses said to Israel: The Lord had commanded us to leave Mount Sinai and go to the hill country that belonged to the Amorites, so we started out into the huge desert. You remember how frightening it was, but soon we were at Kadesh-Barnea, ²⁰and I told you, "We have reached the hill country. It belongs to the Amorites now, but the Lord our God is giving it to us. He is the same God our ancestors worshiped, and he has told us to go in and take this land, so don't hesitate and be afraid." ²² Then all of you came to me and said, "Before we go into the land, let's send some men to explore it. When they come back, they can tell us about the towns we will find and what roads we should take to get there." ²³ It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe. ²⁴ They explored the hill country as far as Bunch Valley ²⁵ and even brought back some of the fruit. They said, "The Lord our God is giving us good land." ²⁶ Moses said to Israel: You did not want to go into the land, and you refused to obey the Lord your God. ²⁷ You stayed in your tents and grumbled, "The Lord must hate us—he brought us out of Egypt, just so he could hand us over to the Amorites and get rid of us. ²⁸ We are afraid, because the men who explored the land told us that the cities are large, with walls that reach to the sky. The people who live there are taller and stronger than we are, and some of them are Anakim. We have nowhere to go." ²⁹ Then I said, "Don't worry!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fear not: Deuteronomy 20:1, Numbers 13:30, Numbers 14:8, Numbers 14:9, Joshua 1:9, Psalms 27:1-3, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Luke 12:32, Hebrews 13:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:29 - General Joshua 8:1 - Fear not Nehemiah 4:14 - General Amos 2:10 - to possess

Cross-References

Genesis 1:18
to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:24

The Sixth Day

God said, "I command the earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles." And that's what happened.

Genesis 1:25
God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:26
God said, "Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures."

Genesis 1:31
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.

Genesis 7:14
They took along every kind of animal, tame and wild, including the birds.

Genesis 8:17
Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth."

Genesis 8:19
the living creatures left in groups of their own kind.

Genesis 9:7
I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.

Exodus 1:7
the people of Israel became so numerous that the whole region of Goshen was full of them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee,.... The land of Canaan, on the borders of which they then were;

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go up; the mountain, by that way of it which was the way the spies went, and up to which some of the Israelites presumed to go when forbidden, they not complying with the call of God:

and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; as in Deuteronomy 1:8,

fear not, neither be discouraged; though the people of the land were numerous and strong, and their cities large and walled.