Deuteronomy 1:29 Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.

English Standard Version
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.

New American Standard Bible
"Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them.

King James Bible
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I said to you: Don't be terrified or afraid of them!

International Standard Version
"Then I told you, 'Don't be terrified or afraid of them.

American Standard Version
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said to you: Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them:

Darby Bible Translation
And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;

Young's Literal Translation
'And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them;

Cross References

Numbers 14:9
Only rebel not you against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Deuteronomy 1:28
Where shall we go up? our brothers have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deuteronomy 1:30
The LORD your God which goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.

Nehemiah 4:14
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not you afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:19-46 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 good land. And was there any cause to distrust this God? An unbelieving heart was at the bottom of all this. All disobedience to God's laws, and distrust of his power and goodness, flow from disbelief of his word, as all true obedience springs from faith. It is profitable for us to divide our past lives into distinct periods; to give thanks to God for the mercies we have received in each, to confess and seek the forgiveness of all the sins we can remember; and thus to renew our acceptance of God's salvation, and our surrender of ourselves to his service. Our own plans seldom avail to good purpose; while courage in the exercise of faith, and in the path of duty, enables the believer to follow the Lord fully, to disregard all that opposes, to triumph over all opposition, and to take firm hold upon the promised blessings.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

28. the cities are great, and walled up to heaven—an Oriental metaphor, meaning very high. The Arab marauders roam about on horseback, and hence the walls of St. Catherine's monastery on Sinai are so lofty that travellers are drawn up by a pulley in a basket.

Anakims—(See on [112]Nu 13:33). The honest and uncompromising language of Moses, in reminding the Israelites of their perverse conduct and outrageous rebellion at the report of the treacherous and fainthearted scouts, affords a strong evidence of the truth of this history as well as of the divine authority of his mission. There was great reason for his dwelling on this dark passage in their history, as it was their unbelief that excluded them from the privilege of entering the promised land (Heb 3:19); and that unbelief was a marvellous exhibition of human perversity, considering the miracles which God had wrought in their favor, especially in the daily manifestations they had of His presence among them as their leader and protector.