Deuteronomy 2:3

What does Deuteronomy 2:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You have been journeying round this mountain long enough: now go to the north;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Enough to you--is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

You have compassed this mountain long enough: go toward the north:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Context

v.2And Jehovah spake unto me, saying,

v.3This passage

v.4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 2:14

    And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.

  • Deuteronomy 1:6

    Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

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