Deuteronomy 1 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	These the words which Moses spake to all Israel on the other side Jordan in the desert, in the sterile region over against the sedge between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab.	These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.	These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.
2	Eleven days from Horeb the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-Barnea.	It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.	(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)
3	And it shall be in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, in one to the Month, Moses spake to the sons of Israel according to all which Jehovah commanded him to them.	In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them,	In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
4	After his smiting Sihon, king of the Amorites, who will dwell in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who will dwell in Ashtaroth in Edrei:	after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.	This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
5	In the other side Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses was first to declare this law, saying,	Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,	East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
6	Jehovah our God spake to us in Horeb, saying, It was enough to you to dwell in this mount:	“The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.	The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
7	Turn ye and remove for yourselves, and go to the mountain of the Amorite, and to all his neighbors in the sterile region, in the mountain, and in the low country, and in the south and in the coast of the sea, the land of the Canaanites and of Lebanon to the great river, the river Phrath.	Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.	Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.
8	See, I gave the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware to your fathers, to Abraham to Isaak and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.	See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’	See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”
9	And I spake to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able alone to bear you:	“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.	At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
10	Jehovah your God multiplied you, and behold, you this day as the stars of the heavens for multitude.	The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.	The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11	Jehovah the God of your fathers will add to you as ye a thousand times, and he will bless you as he spake to you.	May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!	May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
12	How shall I bear alone your burden and your lifting up and your strife.	How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?	But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
13	Give to yourselves men wise and known to your tribes, and I will set them for your heads.	Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’	Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”
14	And ye will answer me and say, Good the word which thou spakest to do.	And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’	You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”
15	And I will take the heads of your tribes, men wise and known, and I will give them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains and hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and scribes for your tribes.	So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.	So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.
16	And I shall command your judges in that time, saying, Hear between your brethren, and judge justice between a man and between his brother and between his stranger.	And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.	And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.
17	Ye shall not look upon faces in judgment; as the small so the great shall ye hear; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is to God; and the word which shall be hard for you, ye shall bring to me and I heard it.	You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’	Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”
18	And I will command you in that time all the words which ye shall do.	And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.	And at that time I told you everything you were to do.
19	And we shall remove from Horeb and we shall go all that great and fearful desert which ye saw, the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we shall come to Kadesh-Barnea.	“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.	Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.
20	And I said to you, Ye came to the mountain of the Amorite which Jehovah our God gave to us.	And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.	Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
21	See, Jehovah thy God gave the land before thee: go up, possess, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers spake to thee; thou shalt not fear and thou shalt not be pressed down.	See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’	See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
22	And ye shall come near to me all of you, and ye will say, We will send men before us, and they shall search out for us the land, and shall turn us back word the way which we shall go up into it, and the cities which we shall come into them.	Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’	Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
23	And the word will be good in mine eyes: and I will take from you twelve men, one man to a tribe.	The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.	The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.
24	And they will turn and go up to the mountain, and they will come to the valley of Eshcol, and will search it out.	And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.	They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.
25	And they will take in their hand from the fruit of the land, and they will come down to us and will turn us back word, and will say, A good land which Jehovah our God gave to us.	And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’	Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
26	And ye were not willing to go up, and ye will rebel against the mouth of Jehovah your God,	“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.	But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
27	And ye will murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us he brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us.	And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.	You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
28	Whither are we going up? our brethren melted our heart, saying, A people great and high above us; cities great and fortified to the heavens; and also, the sons of the Anakims, we saw there.	Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’	Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’”
29	And I said to you, Ye shall not be terrified, and ye shall not be afraid of them.	Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.	Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.
30	Jehovah your God went before you; he will fight for you according to all that he did to you in Egypt before your eyes.	The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,	The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
31	And in the desert where thou sawest that Jehovah thy God lifted thee up, as a man will lift up his son, in all the way that ye went till your coming to this place.	and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’	and in the wilderness. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”
32	And in this word ye are not believing in Jehovah your God.	Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God,	In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God,
33	He going in the way before you to search out for you a place for you to encamp, in fire by night, to cause you to see in what way ye shall go in it, and in a cloud by day.	who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.	who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
34	And Jehovah will hear the voice of your words, and he will be angry, and he will swear, saying,	“And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore,	When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:
35	If a man among these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I sware to give to your fathers,	‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,	“No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,
36	Except Caleb, son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him I will give the land which he trod upon it, and to his sons, because that he filled up after Jehovah.	except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!’	except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
37	Also with me was Jehovah angry on account of you, saying, Also thou shalt not come in there.	Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, ‘You also shall not go in there.	Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it, either.
38	Joshua son of Nun, standing before thee, he shall come in there: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.	Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.	But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.
39	And your little ones which ye said shall be for a spoil, and your sons which knew not that day good and evil, they shall go in there, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.	And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.	And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.
40	And you, turn for yourselves and remove to the desert the way of the sea of sedge.	But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’	But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”
41	And ye will answer and say to me, We sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye will gird on each the weapon of his fighting, and ye will act lightly to go up to the mountain.	“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country.	Then you replied, “We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God commanded us.” So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
42	And Jehovah will say to me, Say to them, Ye shall not go up, and ye shall not fight; for I am not in the midst of you and ye shall not be smitten before your enemies.	And the LORD said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your midst, lest you be defeated before your enemies.’	But the LORD said to me, “Tell them, ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’”
43	And I shall speak to you, and ye heard not; and ye will rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, and ye will act proudly, and will go up to the mountain.	So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.	So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the LORD’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country.
44	And the Amorite dwelling in that mountain will come forth to your meeting, and will pursue you as bees will do, and they will beat you in Seir to Hormah.	Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.	The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.
45	And ye will turn back and will weep before Jehovah; and Jehovah heard not to your voice and gave not ear to you.	And you returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.	You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you.
46	And ye shall dwell in Kadesh many days according to the days that ye dwelt.	So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there.	And so you stayed in Kadesh many days—all the time you spent there.
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