Numbers 14:42
New International Version
Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,

New Living Translation
Do not go up into the land now. You will only be crushed by your enemies because the LORD is not with you.

English Standard Version
Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.

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

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

New King James Version
Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

New American Standard Bible
Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, to prevent you from being defeated by your enemies.

NASB 1995
“Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

NASB 1977
“Do not go up, lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not go up, for Yahweh is not among you, so that you are not defeated before your enemies.

Amplified Bible
Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t go, because the LORD is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t go, because the LORD is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not go up, because LORD JEHOVAH is not with you, so that you will not be broken before your enemies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't go! You will be defeated by your enemies because the LORD is not with you.

Good News Translation
Don't go. The LORD is not with you, and your enemies will defeat you.

International Standard Version
Don't go up, since you know that the LORD is no longer with you. You'll be attacked right in front of your own enemies.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

Literal Standard Version
do not go up, for YHWH is not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies;

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

New American Bible
Do not go up, because the LORD is not in your midst; do not allow yourself to be struck down by your enemies.

NET Bible
Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not go up, for the LORD is not with you; do not let yourselves be struck down before your enemies.

New Heart English Bible
Do not go up, for the LORD isn't among you; that you not be struck down before your enemies.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down 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;

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Context
Defeat by the Amalekites and Canaanites
41But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! 42Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you. 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.”…

Cross References
Numbers 14:43
For 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."

Deuteronomy 1:42
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."

Deuteronomy 31:17
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?'

Judges 16:20
Then she called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, "I will escape as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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 7:8,12
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! …

Psalm 44:1,2-11
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…

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11. God threatens them
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26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land
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(42) Go not up, for the Lord is not among you.--Moses had already received the command which is contained in Numbers 14:25. He knew, therefore, that the Israelites would not have the guidance of the cloud, the visible token of the Divine presence.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

go up,
תַּעֲל֔וּ (ta·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

lest
וְלֹא֙ (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

you be struck down
תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ (tin·nā·ḡə·p̄ū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

by
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

your enemies,
אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is not
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

among you.
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (bə·qir·bə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center


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