Deuteronomy 2:28

What does Deuteronomy 2:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 2:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt 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 my feet;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt 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 my feet;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, --

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Sell us meat for money, that we may eat: give us water for money and so we will drink. We only ask that thou wilt let us pass through,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,

Context

v.27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

v.28This passage

v.29as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 20:19

    And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

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