New King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:27
27‘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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)‘Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields on either side.
Context of Deuteronomy 2:27
25This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’ 26“And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, ‘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. 28You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, 29just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
Read all of Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 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 2:6You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
- Numbers 21:21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Judges 11:19Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land into our 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
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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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