Deuteronomy 2:15
13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
- KJV
- For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
- WEB
- Moreover the LORD’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.
- ASV
- Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
- DARBY
- Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
- BLB
- For indeed, the hand of YHWH was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they came to an end.
- ÅB
- Og Herrens hånd var også mot dem, så han rev dem bort av leiren, til det var ute med dem.
- OTB
- Sannelig, Herrens makt var mot dem, og førte til deres ødeleggelse i leiren til de alle var gått til grunne.
- B1930
- Og Herrens hånd var også mot dem, så han rev dem bort av leiren, til det var ute med dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Read in contextPsalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:13
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Read in contextPsalms 90:7–9
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Read in contextPsalms 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Read in context1 Samuel 5:6
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:14
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
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