Numbers 14:42 “Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LOR…”

Numbers 14:42

Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

World English Bible

Don’t go up, for the LORD isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.

American Standard Version

Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe not vp (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies.

Darby Translation

Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies;

Young's Literal Translation

go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

Bible in Basic English

Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

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Cross references

“Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.”

Deuteronomy 1:42 Joshua 7:8 Joshua 7:12 Psalm 44:1 Psalm 44:2–11

Deuteronomy 1:42 · BSB

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.”

Joshua 7:8 · BSB

O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

Joshua 7:12 · BSB

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you r…

Psalm 44:1 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalm 44:2–11 · BSB

With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

41But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!

43For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

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