Revised Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 3:9
9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- New International Version (NIV)(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),
- New King James Version (NKJV)(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),
Context of Deuteronomy 3:9
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 10All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Read all of Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 3:9 word by word
צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:9
- Deuteronomy 4:48From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- Psalms 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
- Psalms 89:12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- Psalms 133:3As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there Yhwh commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
- Ezekiel 27:5They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir - I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range of Lebanon, was also the religious center of primaeval Syria. Its Baal sanctuaries not only existed but gave it a name before the Exodus. Hence, the careful specification of the various names by which the mountain was known. The Sidonian name of it might easily have become known to Moses through the constant traffic which had gone on from the most ancient times between Sidon and Egypt.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The alternative names Sirion and Senir suggest that the Israelites may have given Hermon its name later. Hermon is apparently related to the verb kharam, which means "to destroy" (see study note on 2:34). It may describe the destruction summarized in 3:3–7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Hermon--now Jebel-Es-Sheick--the majestic hill on which the long and elevated range of Anti-Lebanon terminates. Its summit and the ridges on its sides are almost constantly covered with snow. It is not so much one high mountain as a whole cluster of mountain peaks, the highest in Palestine. According to the survey taken by the English Government Engineers in 1840, they were about 9376 feet above the sea. Being a mountain chain, it is no wonder that it…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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