Numbers 14:42

Numbers 14:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.

Context of Numbers 14:42

40Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.” 41But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! Do 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.” 44But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.

Numbers 14:42 word by word

אַֽל־תַּעֲל֔וּ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין יְהוָ֖ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְלֹא֙ תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ לִפְנֵ֖י אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• lestלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• you be struck downנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• byפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• among youקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Numbers 14:42

• Deuteronomy 1:42But 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 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
• Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Commentaries on Numbers 14:42

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-45Verses 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 them go, and they would not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-45The threat of divine punishment for their sins caused the people of Israel to feel grief. Yet, their wills remained rebellious, and they disobeyed the Lord's command again (14:25). Caleb and Joshua's based their initial confidence on God's promise to be with them (14:9). Yet, God would not fight with the Israelites until all the rebels had died.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4540-45. 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 preparations to ascend the hill, notwithstanding…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:42

• Holy Spirit
• Israel
• Repentance
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Tell
• Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Amalek; Amalekite
• Ark of the Covenant
• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on Numbers 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings