Deuteronomy 2:16
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.
15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
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,
18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
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
- Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
- KJV
- So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- WEB
- So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- ASV
- So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,
- BLB
- And it came to pass, when all the men of war had finally perished, dying from among the people,
- ÅB
- Da nå alle våpenføre menn var utdød av folket,
- OTB
- Da den siste av disse stridsmennene blant folket var gått bort,
- B1930
- Da nu alle våbenføre menn var utdød av folket,