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The Defeat at Hormah

Numbers 14:42

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
KJV
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
WEB
Don’t go up, for Yahweh 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.
LSV
do not go up, for YHWH is not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies;
YLT
go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;
DBY
Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies;
DRC
Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.
GNV
Goe not vp (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies.
JPS
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
LXXE
Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַֽל־תַּעֲל֔וּ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין יְהוָ֖ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְלֹא֙ תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ לִפְנֵ֖י אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἀναβαίνετε, οὐ γάρ ἐστι Κύριος μεθʼ ὑμῶν· καὶ πεσεῖσθε πρὸ προσώπου τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν.

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  • 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?
  • Joshua 7:12This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you…
  • Psalms 44:1–11We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old. With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast…

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