Deuteronomy 1:37

37 Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it, either.

Deuteronomy 1:37 in Other Translations

37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

37 Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, 'You also shall not go in there.

37 “And the LORD was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!

37 But I also got it. Because of you God's anger spilled over onto me. He said, "You aren't getting in either.

37 "The Lord was angry with me also because of you and said: 'You will not enter there either.

Deuteronomy 1:37 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:37

Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes
Not at the same time, though, as some think, at the same place, near thirty eight years afterwards, they provoking him to speak unadvisedly with his lips; see ( Numbers 20:10-12 ) ( Psalms 106:32 Psalms 106:33 ) ,

saying, thou shalt not go in thither:
into the land of Canaan; and though he greatly importuned it, he could not prevail; see ( Deuteronomy 3:25-27 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:37 In-Context

35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

36 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 Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it, either.

38 But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.

39 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 106:32; Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 4:21
• 2. S Numbers 27:13; Numbers 20:12