Deuteronomy 2:27

Deuteronomy 2:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
• New International Version (NIV)“Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:27

25Today I will begin to make all the people in the world afraid of you. They will hear reports about you. That will cause them to be very frightened. They will shake with fear!’ 26When we were in Kedemoth desert, I sent a message to Sihon, king of Heshbon. We wanted to agree that we would not fight against each other. I said to him, ‘Please let us go through your country. We will only travel along the road. We will not turn away from the road, to the right side or to the left side. 28Please sell us food to eat and water to drink. We will pay you with silver coins. We only want to walk through your country. 29The descendants of Esau who live in Seir let us do this. So did the descendants of Moab who live in Ar. We will go through your country and then we will cross the Jordan River. We will go into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.’

Deuteronomy 2:27 word by word

אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה בְאַרְצֶ֔ךָ בַּדֶּ֥רֶךְ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֵלֵ֑ךְ לֹ֥א אָס֖וּר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let me passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• through thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• I will goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• along by the high wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• I will neither turnסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• unto the right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• nor to the leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:27

• Deuteronomy 2:6When you eat their food and you drink their water, you must pay them for it.
• Numbers 21:21The Israelites sent men with a message to Sihon, the king of the Amorites.
• Judges 11:19Sihon was the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon. The Israelites sent a message to him. They asked him, ‘Please let us travel through your land to our own place.’

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-37Verses 24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-37See Numbers 21:21–32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them--The Ammonites, being kindred to the Moabites, were, from regard to the memory of their common ancestor, to remain undisturbed by the Israelites. The territory of this people had been directly north from that of Moab. It extended as far as the Jabbok, having been taken by them from a number of small Canaanitish tribes, namely, the Zamzummins, a…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:27

• Amorites
• Israel
• Roads
• Sihon

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
• Geber
• Sihon
• Amorites
• Deuteronomy
• Left
• Papyrus
• Kedemoth

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