Jeremiah 42:13
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New International Version (©2011)
"However, if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the LORD your God,

New Living Translation (©2007)
"But if you refuse to obey the LORD your God, and if you say, 'We will not stay here;

English Standard Version (©2001)
But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the LORD your God

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' so as not to obey the voice of the LORD your God,

International Standard Version (©2012)
But if you disobey the LORD your God by saying, "We won't stay in this land,"

NET Bible (©2006)
"You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying, 'We will not stay in this land.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"But suppose you say, 'We won't stay in this land,' and you disobey the LORD your God.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

American King James Version
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

American Standard Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,

Darby Bible Translation
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so as not to hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God,

English Revised Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of the LORD your God;

Webster's Bible Translation
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

World English Bible
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

Young's Literal Translation
'And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

42:7-22 If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his promises. He has declared enough to silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourge them in the way of duty. Whatever loss or suffering we may fear from obedience, is provided against in God's word; and he will protect and deliver all who trust in him and serve him. It is folly to quit our place, especially to quit a holy land, because we meet with trouble in it. And the evils we think to escape by sin, we certainly bring upon ourselves. We may apply this to the common troubles of life; and those who think to avoid them by changing their place, will find that the grievances common to men will meet them wherever they go. Sinners who dissemble with God in solemn professions especially should be rebuked with sharpness; for their actions speak more plainly than words. We know not what is good for ourselves; and what we are most fond of, and have our hearts most set upon, often proves hurtful, and sometimes fatal.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if ye say, we will not dwell in this land,.... Or continue any longer in it, but go into Egypt:,

neither obey the voice of the Lord your God; or, "so as not to hearken to" or "obey", &c. (u); for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had promised they would; but resolving, against his declared will, that they would not abide in the land, but go into Egypt, was interpretatively saying they would not obey his voice.

(u) "ita ut non auscultetis", Piscator, Cocceius; "ut non obediatis", Pagninus, Schmidt; "ut non audiatis", so some in Vatablus.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. if ye say, &c.—avowed rebellion against God, who had often (De 17:16), as now, forbidden their going to Egypt, lest they should be entangled in its idolatry.

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Warning against Going to Egypt
…12And I will show mercies to you, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land. 13But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: …

Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go."
Jeremiah 44:16 "We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!