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Wanderings in the Wilderness

Deuteronomy 2:3

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
For you go around this mountain long enough; turn for yourselves northward.
YLT
Enough to you — is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.
DBY
Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
DRC
You have compassed this mountain long enough: go toward the north:
GNV
Ye haue compassed this mountaine long ynough: turne you Northward.
JPS
'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.
LXXE
Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north.Or, Let it suffice you to compass.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
רַב־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת־הָהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה פְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם צָפֹֽנָה׃
LXX-Br
ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν κυκλούν τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο· ἐπιστράφητε οὖν ἐπὶ Βοῤῥᾶν·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 1:6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
  • Deuteronomy 2:14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
  • Deuteronomy 2:7Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

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