New King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:15
15For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
Context of Deuteronomy 2:15
13“ ‘Now rise and cross over the Valley of the Zered.’ So we crossed over the Valley of the Zered. 14And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them. For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed. 16“So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17that the Lord spoke to me, saying:
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וְגַ֤ם יַד־יְהוָה֙ הָ֣יְתָה בָּ֔ם לְהֻמָּ֖ם מִקֶּ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה עַ֖ד תֻּמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:15
- Judges 2:15Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.
- 1 Samuel 5:6But the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
- 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
- Psalms 78:33Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.
- Psalms 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
- Psalms 106:26Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,
- Isaiah 66:14When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies.
- 1 Corinthians 10:5But with most of them God was not well pleased, for 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
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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
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