Deuteronomy 1:29
27 You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.
28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!
30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
31 and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!
- KJV
- Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
- WEB
- Then I said to you, “Don’t be terrified. Don’t be afraid of them.
- ASV
- Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
- DARBY
- And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;
- BLB
- And I said to you⁺, “Do not be terrified and do not be afraid of them.
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg til dere: Dere skal ikke forferdes og ikke være redde for dem;
- OTB
- Jeg oppmuntret dere og sa: 'Vær ikke redde eller frykt dem.
- B1930
- Da sa jeg til eder: I skal ikke forferdes og ikke være redde for dem;