Deuteronomy 1:26

THE MESSAGE

But then you weren't willing to go up. You rebelled against God , your God's plain word. You complained in your tents: " God hates us. He hauled us out of Egypt in order to dump us among the Amorites—a death sentence for sure! How can we go up? We're trapped in a dead end. Our brothers took all the wind out of our sails, telling us, ‘The people are bigger and stronger than we are; their cities are huge, their defenses massive—we even saw Anakite giants there!'"

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the mitzvah of the LORD your God:

King James Version
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:

Lexham English Bible
But you were not willing to go up, and you rebelled against the command of Yahweh your God.

English Standard Version
"Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.

New Century Version
But you refused to go. You would not obey the command of the Lord your God,

New English Translation
You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.

Amplified Bible
"Yet you were not willing to go up [to take possession of it], but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
"Yet you were unwilling to go up; instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commaundement of the Lord your God,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of Yahweh your God;

Contemporary English Version
Moses said to Israel: You did not want to go into the land, and you refused to obey the Lord your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
"But you would not go up. Instead you rebelled against the order of Adonai your God;

Darby Translation
But ye would not go up, and rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God;

Easy-to-Read Version
"But you refused to go into the land. You refused to obey the Lord your God.

George Lamsa Translation
But in spite of this, you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;

Good News Translation
"But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God, and you would not enter the land.

Christian Standard Bible®
“But you were not willing to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.

Literal Translation
And you were not willing to go up; yea, you rebelled against the mouth of Jehovah your God,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye wolde not go vp, and were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God,

American Standard Version
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:

Bible in Basic English
But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Notwithstandyng, ye woulde not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the word of the Lorde your God,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;

King James Version (1611)
Notwithstanding, ye would not goe vp, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

English Revised Version
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

Berean Standard Bible
But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye `nolden stie, but ye weren vnbileueful to the word of oure Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,

Update Bible Version
Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God:

Webster's Bible Translation
Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

World English Bible
Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God:

New King James Version
"Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;

New Living Translation
"But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to go in.

New Life Bible
"Yet you would not go up. You went against what the Lord your God told you to do.

New Revised Standard
But you were unwilling to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nevertheless ye were not willing to go up, - but rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, your God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you would not go up, but being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,

Revised Standard Version
"Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Then we set out from Horeb and headed for the Amorite hill country, going through that huge and frightening wilderness that you've had more than an eyeful of by now—all under the command of God , our God—and finally arrived at Kadesh Barnea. There I told you, "You've made it to the Amorite hill country that God , our God, is giving us. Look, God , your God, has placed this land as a gift before you. Go ahead and take it now. God , the God-of-Your-Fathers, promised it to you. Don't be afraid. Don't lose heart." ²² But then you all came to me and said, "Let's send some men on ahead to scout out the land for us and bring back a report on the best route to take and the kinds of towns we can expect to find." ²³That seemed like a good idea to me, so I picked twelve men, one from each tribe. They set out, climbing through the hills. They came to the Eshcol Valley and looked it over. They took samples of the produce of the land and brought them back to us, saying, "It's a good land that God , our God, is giving us!" ²⁶But then you weren't willing to go up. You rebelled against God , your God's plain word. You complained in your tents: " God hates us. He hauled us out of Egypt in order to dump us among the Amorites—a death sentence for sure! How can we go up? We're trapped in a dead end. Our brothers took all the wind out of our sails, telling us, ‘The people are bigger and stronger than we are; their cities are huge, their defenses massive—we even saw Anakite giants there!'" ²⁹I 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." ³⁴When God heard what you said, he exploded in anger. He swore, "Not a single person of this evil generation is going to get so much as a look at the good land that I promised to give to your parents. Not one—except for Caleb son of Jephunneh. He'll see it. I'll give him and his descendants the land he walked on because he was all for following God , heart and soul." ³⁷But I also got it. Because of you God 's anger spilled over onto me. He said, "You aren't getting in either. Your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will go in. Build up his courage. He's the one who will claim the inheritance for Israel. And your babies of whom you said, ‘They'll be grabbed for plunder,' and all these little kids who right now don't even know right from wrong—they'll get in. I'll give it to them. Yes, they'll be the new owners. But not you. Turn around and head back into the wilderness following the route to the Red Sea." ⁴¹ You spoke up, "We've sinned against God . We'll go up and fight, following all the orders that God , our God, has commanded." You took your weapons and dressed for battle—you thought it would be so easy going into those hills! ⁴² 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.'" ⁴³I told you but you wouldn't listen. You rebelled at the plain word of God . You threw out your chests and strutted into the hills. And those Amorites, who had lived in those hills all their lives, swarmed all over you like a hive of bees, chasing you from Seir all the way to Hormah, a stinging defeat. You came back and wept in the presence of God , but he didn't pay a bit of attention to you; God didn't give you the time of day. You stayed there in Kadesh a long time, about as long as you had stayed there earlier.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 14:1-4, Psalms 106:24, Psalms 106:25, Isaiah 63:10, Acts 7:51

Reciprocal: Hebrews 3:18 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 1:6
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.

Genesis 1:9
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.

Genesis 1:24
God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was: wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.

Genesis 3:22
God said, "The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!"

Genesis 5:1
This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.

Psalms 100:3
Know this: God is God, and God, God . He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep.

Isaiah 64:8
Still, God , you are our Father. We're the clay and you're our potter: All of us are what you made us. Don't be too angry with us, O God . Don't keep a permanent account of wrongdoing. Keep in mind, please, we are your people—all of us. Your holy cities are all ghost towns: Zion's a ghost town, Jerusalem's a field of weeds. Our holy and beautiful Temple, which our ancestors filled with your praises, Was burned down by fire, all our lovely parks and gardens in ruins. In the face of all this, are you going to sit there unmoved, God ? Aren't you going to say something? Haven't you made us miserable long enough?

John 5:17
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding, ye would not go up,.... And possess it, as the Lord had bid them, and Moses encouraged them to do, as well as Joshua and Caleb, who were two of the spies sent into it:

but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God; disregarded the word of the Lord, and disobeyed his command, and thereby bitterly provoked him, which rebellion against him, their King and God, might well do.