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Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

Deuteronomy 3:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
KJV
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
WEB
Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”
ASV
Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
LSV
Please let me pass over and see the good land which [is] beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.
YLT
Let me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which [is] beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.
DBY
Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
DRC
I will pass over therefore, and will see this excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this goodly mountain, and Libanus.
GNV
I pray thee let me go ouer and see the good land that is beyond Iorden, that goodly mountaine, and Lebanon.
JPS
Let me go over, I pray Thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill-country, and Lebanon.'
LXXE
I will therefore go over and see this good land that is beyond Jordan, this good mountain and Antilibanus.

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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
אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֗א וְאֶרְאֶה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן הָהָ֥ר הַטּ֛וֹב הַזֶּ֖ה וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br
Διαβὰς οὖν ὄψομαι τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ταύην τὴν οὖσαν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸν Ἀντιλίβανον.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:21–22The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. For I will not be crossing the…
  • Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites,…
  • Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  • Deuteronomy 11:11–12But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always…
  • Numbers 32:5“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

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