Deuteronomy 2:3
1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
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
- “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
- KJV
- Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
- WEB
- “You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.
- ASV
- Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
- DARBY
- Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
- BLB
- “You⁺ have been going around this mountain long enough; turn for yourselves northward.
- ÅB
- Lenge nok har dere draget omkring disse fjell; vend dere nå mot nord!
- OTB
- "Dere har gått rundt dette fjellandet lenge nok; vend nå mot nord.
- B1930
- Lenge nok har I draget omkring disse fjell; vend eder nu mot nord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:6
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:14
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.
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