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Deuteronomy 1:41

in Deuteronomy 1

“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

KJV

Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Ye were ready to go up into the hill - Rather, perhaps, “ye made light of going up;” i. e. “ye were ready to attempt it as a trifling undertaking.” Deu 1:43 shows the issue of this spirit in action; compare marginal references.

This site's exposition

Then ye answered and said unto me

on Deuteronomy 1:41-43

We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight is repentance arriving after the sentence and taking the form of doing the very thing that had been refused the day before. Numbers 14:40-45 tells the same attempt and adds that the ark of the covenant and Moses stayed behind in the camp. Verse 42 gives the reason it fails in one clause, for I am not among you, and verse 43 lays on this advance the identical charge verse 26 laid on the retreat, that they rebelled against the commandment of the LORD.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Then ye answered, and said unto me,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Thus, when the door is shut, and the day of grace is over, there will be found those that stand without and knock. But this, which looked like a reformation, proved but a further rebellion.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

People often experience distress even while in the way of duty. But how different their condition who suffer in situations where God is with them from the feelings of those who are conscious that they are in a position directly opposed to the divine will!

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ׀and you answered

    vataanuH6030 →331 times

  • וַתֹּאמְר֣וּand you said

    vatomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלַ֗יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • חָטָאנוּ֮we have sinned

    chatanuH2398 →238 times

  • לַֽיהוָה֒to Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֲנַ֤חְנוּwe

    ʾanachnuH587 →120 times

  • נַעֲלֶה֙we will go up

    naalehH5927 →890 times

  • וְנִלְחַ֔מְנוּand we will fight

    venilchamnuH3898 →177 times

  • כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֖נוּhe has commanded us

    tzivanuH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּGod our

    ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times

  • וַֽתַּחְגְּר֗וּand you girded on

    vatachgeruH2296 →

  • אִ֚ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כְּלֵ֣י[the] weapons of

    keleiH3627 →325 times

  • מִלְחַמְתּ֔וֹwar his

    milchamtoH4421 →320 times

  • וַתָּהִ֖ינוּand you regarded as easy

    vatahinuH1951 →

  • לַעֲלֹ֥תto go up

    laalotH5927 →890 times

  • הָהָֽרָה׃the hill country towards

    haharahH2022 →546 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 19:3

    A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 16:9–11

      And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

    • Psalms 37:7

      Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

    • Proverbs 11:3

      The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

    • 2 Chronicles 16:9–10

      For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…

    • 1 Samuel 22:13–23

      And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up…

  • Through

    Numbers 22:34

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 15:24

      Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

    • Job 34:31–32

      Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.

    • 2 Samuel 12:13

      Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 1 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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