And the LORD said to me, Say to them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies. Treasury of Scripture Go not up Numbers 14:41,42 And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper... for I am not Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you... Joshua 7:8-13 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!... 1 Samuel 4:2,10 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines... Isaiah 30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee... Isaiah 59:1,2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear... Hosea 9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes...
Context The Defeat at Hormah
41Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill. 42And the LORD said to me, Say to them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies. 43So I spoke to you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. 44And the Amorites, which dwelled in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah. 45And you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not listen to your voice, nor give ear to you. 46So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you stayed there. Parallel Verses American Standard Version And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord said to me: Say to them: Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.
Darby Bible Translation And Jehovah said to me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
King James Bible 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.
Young's Literal Translation and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.
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