Deuteronomy 1:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 1:39 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 1:39 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Numbers 14:31But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
- Joshua 5:7And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
- Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Jonah 4:11So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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