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Deuteronomy 1:42

in Deuteronomy 1

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.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

This verse in Deuteronomy 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord said unto me,....

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

16 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֵלַ֗יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • אֱמֹ֤רsay

    ʾemorH559 →5305 times

  • לָהֶם֙to them

    lahem

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תַֽעֲלוּ֙you must go up

    taaluH5927 →890 times

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • תִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּyou must fight

    tilachamuH3898 →177 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֵינֶ֖נִּיnot I

    ʾeineniH369 →789 times

  • בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם[will be] in midst your

    bekirbekhemH7130 →227 times

  • וְלֹא֙and not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תִּנָּֽגְפ֔וּyou will be defeated

    tinagefuH5062 →49 times

  • לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃enemies your

    ʾoyeveikhemH341 →282 times

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

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

    Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 17:10

      If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

    • Leviticus 26:36–37

      As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…

    • Deuteronomy 28:25

      The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…

    • Psalms 53:5

      There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

    • Proverbs 28:1

      The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 4:2

    The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

    it leads to

    • Lamentations 3:40

      Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

    • Psalms 79:7–8

      for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

    • 1 Samuel 17:8

      And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one…

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).