Numbers 14:42
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Numbers 14:42 in other translations
| BSB | Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you. |
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| WEB | Don’t go up, for the LORD isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies. |
| ASV | Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. |
| YLT | go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies; |
| DARBY | Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies; |
| BBE | Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you. |
| Webster | Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. |
What does Numbers 14:42 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 14:40-45
40-45. they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance. They rushed from one extreme of rashness and perversity to another, and the obstinacy of their rebellious spirit was evinced by their active…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:40-45
Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan. But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for heaven while their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is over, how well would it be for them! That which has been duty in its season, when mistimed, may be turned into sin. Those who are out of the way of their duty, are not under God's protection, and go at their peril. God bade…
Numbers 14:42 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:42
- Deuteronomy 1:42
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.
- Joshua 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
- Joshua 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
- Psalms 44:1-11
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. …
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Context
- Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
- Numbers 14:42
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
- Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
Numbers 14:42 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No subáis, porque Jehová no está en medio de vosotros, no seáis heridos delante de vuestros enemigos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne montez pas, car l’ Éternel n’est pas au milieu de vous, afin que vous ne soyez pas battus devant vos ennemis; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ziehet nicht hinauf, denn Jehova ist nicht in eurer Mitte, daß ihr nicht vor euren Feinden geschlagen werdet, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nolite ascendere: non enim est Dominus vobiscum: ne corruatis coram inimicis vestris. |