God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 3:27
27Go to the top of Mount Pisgah, and look west, north, south, and east. You may look at the land, but you will never cross the Jordan River.
Deuteronomy 3:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
- New International Version (NIV)Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
Context of Deuteronomy 3:27
25Please let me go over and see the beautiful land on the other side of the Jordan River—those beautiful mountains in Lebanon.” 26The Lord was angry with me because of you, so he wouldn’t listen to me. He said, “That’s enough out of you! Don’t talk to me anymore about this. Go to the top of Mount Pisgah, and look west, north, south, and east. You may look at the land, but you will never cross the Jordan River. 28Give instructions to Joshua. Encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people across ⌞the Jordan River⌟, and he will help them take possession of the land you see.” 29So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.
Read all of Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 3:27 word by word
עֲלֵ֣ה׀ רֹ֣אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֗ה וְשָׂ֥א עֵינֶ֛יךָ יָ֧מָּה וְצָפֹ֛נָה וְתֵימָ֥נָה וּמִזְרָ֖חָה וּרְאֵ֣ה בְעֵינֶ֑יךָ כִּי־לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Get thee upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- into the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisgâh · PisgahH6449
- and lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
- thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- westwardיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
- and northwardצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
- and southwardתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
- and eastwardמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
- and beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- for thou shalt not go overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- this Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:27
- Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up on Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab. He went to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land. He could see Gilead as far as Dan,
- Numbers 27:12The Lord said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 3:17Their land included the plains around the Jordan River. The western border was the river, from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of the Plains (the Dead Sea), which is near Mount Pisgah on the east.
- Genesis 13:14After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, “Look north, south, east, and west of where you are.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:27
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in religion. Consider what God has done, what God has promised. If God be for us, who can be against us, so as to prevail? We reproach our Leader if we follow him trembling. Moses prayed, that, if it were God's will, he might go before Israel, over Jordan…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-29See Numbers 20:2–13 and Psalm 106:32–33.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3
- 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
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