Deuteronomy 1 · Verse 37

Deuteronomy 1:37

Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
Deuteronomy 1:37, King James Version

Deuteronomy 1:37 in other translations

BSBThe LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
WEBAlso the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.
ASVAlso Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:
YLT‘Also with me hath Jehovah been angry for your sake, saying, Also, thou dost not go in thither;
DARBYAlso Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
BBEAnd, in addition, the Lord was angry with me because of you, saying, You yourself will not go into it:
WebsterAlso the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

What does Deuteronomy 1:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
37. Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes--This statement seems to indicate that it was on this occasion Moses was condemned to share the fate of the people. But we know that it was several years afterwards that Moses betrayed an unhappy spirit of distrust at the waters of strife (Psa 106:32, 33). This verse must be considered therefore as a parenthesis.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 The Lord was angry with me - See on Num 20:12 (note), etc., where a particular account is given of the sin of Moses.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:19-46

Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 1:19-46 →

Deuteronomy 1:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
בִּי֙biwith me
הִתְאַנַּ֣ףhit.'a.Nafhe was angryH599
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בִּגְלַלְכֶ֖םbig.lal.Khemon account of youH1558
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תָבֹ֥אta.Vo'you will goH935
שָֽׁם\׃ShamthereH8033

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:37

  • Deuteronomy 4:21

    Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

  • Numbers 20:12

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  • Deuteronomy 34:4

    And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

  • Psalms 106:32-33

    They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

  • Numbers 27:13-14

    And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

  • Deuteronomy 3:23-26

    And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:23-26; 4:21; 34:4; Nu 20:12; 27:13,14; Ps 106:32,33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 1:36

    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 1:37

    Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

  • Deuteronomy 1:38

    But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

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Deuteronomy 1:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y también contra mí se airó Jehová por vosotros, diciendo: Tampoco tú entrarás allá:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Contre moi aussi l’ Éternel s’irrita, à cause de vous, disant: Toi non plus, tu n’y entreras pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch wider mich erzürnte Jehova eurethalben und sprach: Auch du sollst nicht hineinkommen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nec miranda indignatio in populum, cum mihi quoque iratus Dominus propter vos dixerit: Nec tu ingredieris illuc: