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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Deuteronomy 1:29

"So I said to you, ‘Don't be upset or afraid of those people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Reproof;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sign;   Wrath, Wrath of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
King James Version
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Lexham English Bible
"And so I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.
English Standard Version
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
New Century Version
Then I said to you, "Don't be frightened; don't be afraid of those people.
New English Translation
So I responded to you, "Do not be terrified of them!
Amplified Bible
"Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them.
New American Standard Bible
"But I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, nor fear them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But I sayd vnto you, Dread not, nor be afrayd of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread, nor fear them.
Contemporary English Version
Then I said, "Don't worry!
Complete Jewish Bible
"I answered you, ‘Don't be fearful, don't be afraid of them.
Darby Translation
And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;
George Lamsa Translation
Then I said to you, Fear not, neither tremble of them.
Good News Translation
"But I told you, ‘Don't be afraid of those people.
Christian Standard Bible®
“So I said to you: Don’t be terrified or afraid of them!
Literal Translation
And I said to you, do not be terrified; nor be afraid of them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I sayde vnto you: Feare not, and be not afrayed of them:
American Standard Version
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Bible in Basic English
Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then I sayde vnto you: Dreade not, nor be afraide of them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
King James Version (1611)
Then I said vnto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I said to you, Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them;
English Revised Version
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Berean Standard Bible
So I said to you: "Do not be terrified or afraid of them!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seide to you, `Nyle ye drede `with ynne, nether `drede withoutforth; the Lord God hym silf,
Young's Literal Translation
`And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them;
Update Bible Version
Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
World English Bible
Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
New King James Version
"Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified, or afraid of them.
New Living Translation
"But I said to you, ‘Don't be shocked or afraid of them!
New Life Bible
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be afraid of them.
New Revised Standard
I said to you, "Have no dread or fear of them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then I said unto you, - Ye must not tremble, nor be afraid of them:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said to you: Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them:
Revised Standard Version
Then I said to you, 'Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
THE MESSAGE
I tried to relieve your fears: "Don't be terrified of them. God , your God, is leading the way; he's fighting for you. You saw with your own eyes what he did for you in Egypt; you saw what he did in the wilderness, how God , your God, carried you as a father carries his child, carried you the whole way until you arrived here. But now that you're here, you won't trust God , your God—this same God who goes ahead of you in your travels to scout out a place to pitch camp, a fire by night and a cloud by day to show you the way to go."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them.

Contextual Overview

19 "So we obeyed the Lord our God. We left Mount Horeb and went to the hill country of the Amorites. You remember that big, terrible desert that we walked through. We came as far as Kadesh Barnea. 20 Then I said to you, ‘You have now come to the hill country of the Amorites. The Lord our God will give us this country. 21 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.' 22 "But all of you came to me and said, ‘Let's send some men to look at the land first. They can spy out the land and come back and tell us the way we should go and which cities we will come to.' 23 "I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe. 24 Then they left and went up to the hill country. They came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it. 25 They took some of the fruit from that land and brought it back to us. They told us about the land and said, ‘The Lord our God is giving us a good land.' 26 "But you refused to go into the land. You refused to obey the Lord your God. 27 You went to your tents and began to complain. You said, ‘The Lord hates us! He brought us out of the land of Egypt just to let the Amorites destroy us. 28 Where can we go now? The men we sent have frightened us with their report. They said, "The people there are bigger and taller than we are. The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky. And we saw giants there!"'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:18 - shalt not Deuteronomy 31:6 - fear not 2 Chronicles 20:15 - Be not afraid Nehemiah 4:14 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky. These lights will separate the days from the nights. They will be used for signs to show when special meetings begin and to show the days and years.
Genesis 1:15
They will be in the sky to shine light on the earth." And it happened.
Genesis 1:16
So God made the two large lights. He made the larger light to rule during the day and the smaller light to rule during the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth produce many kinds of living things. Let there be many different kinds of animals. Let there be large animals and small crawling animals of every kind. And let all these animals produce more animals." And all these things happened.
Genesis 1:25
So God made every kind of animal. He made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling things. And God saw that this was good.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Now let's make humans who will be like us. They will rule over all the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. They will rule over all the large animals and all the little things that crawl on the earth."
Genesis 1:27
So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth and take control of it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 2:16
The Lord God gave him this command: "You may eat from any tree in the garden.
Genesis 9:3
In the past, I gave you the green plants to eat. Now every animal will also be food for you. I give you everything on earth—it is yours.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I said unto you, dread not, neither be afraid of them. With such like words he had exhorted and encouraged them before the spies were sent, and he still uses the same, or stronger terms, notwithstanding the report that had been made of the gigantic stature and walled cities of the Canaanites. This speech of Moses, which is continued in the two following verses, is not recorded in Numbers 14:5, it is only there said, that Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, but no account is given of what was said by either of them.


 
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