Deuteronomy 34:8
What does Deuteronomy 34:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 34:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping <FI>and<Fi> mourning for Moses are completed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the children of Israel mourned for him in the plains of Moab thirty days: and the days of their mourning in which they mourned Moses were ended.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Context
v.7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
v.8This passage
v.9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Acts 8:2
And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
- Numbers 20:29
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- Genesis 50:10
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
- Genesis 50:3
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.
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