Deuteronomy 1:40

Deuteronomy 1:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
• New International Version (NIV)But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’

Context of Deuteronomy 1:40

38But your servant Joshua, the son of Nun, will go in there. You must tell him to be brave. He will lead the Israelites into the land. It will become their land. 39You thought that enemies would catch your small children. But they are the people who will go into the land. Your children who are still too young to know the difference between good and bad will also go in there. I will give the land to them and it will become their land. But now you must all turn back towards the desert. Travel along the road to the Red Sea.’ 41Then you answered me. You said, ‘Yes, we have done wrong things against the Lord. We will now go and fight those people. We will do what the Lord our God has told us to do.’ So then each one of you picked up his weapons. You thought that it would be easy to go up into the hill country. 42But the Lord told me, ‘Do not let them go up there to fight. I will not be with you to help you. Your enemies will win against you.’

Deuteronomy 1:40 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּנ֣וּ לָכֶ֑ם וּסְע֥וּ הַמִּדְבָּ֖רָה דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• you, turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• you, and take your journeyנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• into the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• of the Redסוּףsûph · Red (Sea)H5488
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:40

• Numbers 14:25The Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys now. So tomorrow you must turn back. You must travel through the desert towards the Red Sea.’

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:40

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-46Verses 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, but they must own it to be a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-46See Numbers 14.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4540-45. turn you, and take your journey into the ... Red Sea--This command they disregarded, and, determined to force an onward passage in spite of the earnest remonstrances of Moses, they attempted to cross the heights then occupied by the combined forces of the Amorites and Amalekites (compare Nu 14:43), but were repulsed with great loss. People often experience distress even while in the way of duty. But how different their condition who suffer in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 1:40

• Red Sea
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Red Sea
• Sea of Reeds, Red Sea
• Dread
• Exodus
• Heaven
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua (2)
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings