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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:15

13And the Lord said, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.” So we crossed the valley. 14Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp. 16Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died, 17the Lord said 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 Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors.
• 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
• Psalms 78:33So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
• Psalms 90:7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
• Psalms 106:26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
• Isaiah 66:14When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.
• 1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered 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