Deuteronomy 2:15

Deuteronomy 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:15

13“The Lord said, ‘Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley. 14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. Indeed, the Lord’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished. 16“When all the fighting men had died among the people, 17the Lord spoke to me,

Deuteronomy 2:15 word by word

וְגַ֤ם יַד־יְהוָה֙ הָ֣יְתָה בָּ֔ם לְהֻמָּ֖ם מִקֶּ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה עַ֖ד תֻּמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For indeed the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was against them, to destroyהָמַםhâmam · to confuseH2000
• them from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• until they were consumedתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:15

• Judges 2:15Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as he had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod. He terrified the people of Ashdod and its territory and afflicted them with tumors.
• 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel’s territory again. The Lord’s hand was against the Philistines all of Samuel’s life.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat.Selah
• Psalms 78:33He made their days end in futility, their years in sudden disaster.
• Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
• Psalms 106:26So he raised his hand against them with an oath that he would make them fall in the desert
• Isaiah 66:14You will see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the Lord’s power will be revealed to his servants, but he will show his wrath against his enemies.
• 1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-25Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-188-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:15

• Israel
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
• Geber
• Horites
• Consume
• Deuteronomy
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings