Deuteronomy 4:48

Deuteronomy 4:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
• New International Version (NIV)This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
• English Standard Version (ESV)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
• New King James Version (NKJV)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

Context of Deuteronomy 4:48

46beyond the Jordan in the Valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel defeated when they came out from Egypt. 47They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who reigned across the Jordan to the east, from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon), 49with all the Arabah (desert lowlands) across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea), at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

Deuteronomy 4:48 word by word

מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֧חַל אַרְנֹ֛ן וְעַד־הַ֥ר שִׂיאֹ֖ן ה֥וּא חֶרְמֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From Aroerעֲרֹעֵר‛ărô‛êr ‛ărô‛êr ‛ar‛ôr · AroerH6177
• by the bankשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
• of the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769
• even unto mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Sionשִׂיאֹןώîy'ôn · (Mount) SirionH7865
• Hermonחֶרְמוֹןchermôn · (Mount) HermonH2768

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:48

• Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and from the city which is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was no city [whose wall was] too high and too strong for us; the Lord our God handed over everything to us.
• Deuteronomy 3:12“So we took possession of this land at that time. I gave the territory from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, along with half of the hill country of Gilead and its cities to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
• Joshua 13:24Moses also gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.
• Deuteronomy 3:9(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir):
• Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon Coming down on the hills of Zion; For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:48

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44-49Verses 44-49 These verses would be more properly assigned to the next chapter. They are intended to serve as the announcement and introduction of the address now to be commenced. Deuteronomy 4:44 gives a kind of general title to the whole of the weighty address, including in fact the central part and substance of the book, which now follows in 22 chapters, divided into two groups: (a) Deuteronomy 4:46, the full fruition of which was to be consequent on…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-49Verses 41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48Mount Siyion: The Sidonians used the name Siyion for Mount Hermon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-4944-49. this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel--This is a preface to the rehearsal of the law, which, with the addition of various explanatory circumstances, the following chapters contain.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 4:48

• Aroer
• Hermon
• Og
• Sion

In the dictionaries

• Euphrates River, the River
• Add
• Amorites
• Aroer
• Consider
• Consuming
• Diminish
• Furnace
• Hearken
• Hermon

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings