New English Translation
Deuteronomy 3:25
25Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!”
Deuteronomy 3:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
- New International Version (NIV)Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)I pray, let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’
Context of Deuteronomy 3:25
23Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the Lord, 24“O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?) Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!” 26But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, “Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.
Read all of Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 3:25 word by word
אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֗א וְאֶרְאֶה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן הָהָ֥ר הַטּ֛וֹב הַזֶּ֖ה וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I pray thee, let me go overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- the goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- beyondעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
- mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
- and Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:25
- Deuteronomy 4:21But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.
- Deuteronomy 11:11Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains,
- Exodus 3:8I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Numbers 32:5So they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”
- Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25That goodly mountain - i. e., that mountainous district. The fiat districts of the East are generally scorched, destitute of water, and therefore sterile: the hilly ones, on the contrary, are of more tempered climate, and fertilized by the streams from the high grounds. Compare Deuteronomy 11:11. The whole of this prayer of Moses is very characteristic. The longing to witness further manifestations of God‘s goodness and glory, and the reluctance to leave…Read the comment
- 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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon--The natural and very earnest wish of Moses to be allowed to cross the Jordan was founded on the idea that the divine threatening might be conditional and revertible. "That goodly mountain" is supposed by Jewish writers to have pointed to the hill on which the temple was to be built (De 12:5; Ex 15:2). But biblical scholars now, generally…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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