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A Warning against Idolatry

Deuteronomy 4:22

In 11 translations

BSB
For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
KJV
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
WEB
but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
ASV
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
LSV
for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, but you are passing over and have possessed this good land.
YLT
for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.
DBY
for I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.
DRC
Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land.
GNV
For I must die in this land, and shall not go ouer Iorden: but ye shall goe ouer, and possesse that good land.
JPS
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
LXXE
For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but ye are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land.Gr. I die.

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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
כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֥י מֵת֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֵינֶ֥נִּי עֹבֵ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְאַתֶּם֙ עֹֽבְרִ֔ים וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕ם אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀποθνήσκω ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ, καὶ οὐ διαβαίνω τὸν Ἰορδάνην τοῦτον· ὑμεῖς δὲ διαβαίνετε, καὶ κληρονομήσετε τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ταύτην.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
  • Deuteronomy 3:27Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
  • 2 Peter 1:13–15I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body, because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort to…
  • Hebrews 12:6–10For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience…
  • 1 Kings 13:21–22and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you, but you…
  • Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

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