Deuteronomy 2:28

Bible in Basic English

Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

King James Version
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

Lexham English Bible
Food for money you shall sell me, so that I may eat, and water for money you will give to me, so that I may drink; just let me cross on foot.

English Standard Version
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot,

New Century Version
We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country.

New English Translation
Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,

Amplified Bible
'You will sell me food for money so that I [along with my people] will eat, and you will give me water for money so that I [along with my people] will drink; only let me [and my people] travel through [the land] on foot,

New American Standard Bible
'You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my foote,

Legacy Standard Bible
You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,

Contemporary English Version
You can even sell us food and water, and we will pay with silver. We need to reach the Jordan River and cross it, because the Lord our God is giving us the land on the west side. The Edomites and Moabites have already let us cross their land. Please let us cross your land as well.

Complete Jewish Bible
You will sell me food to eat for money and give me water to drink for money. I only want to pass through.

Darby Translation
Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,

Easy-to-Read Version
We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or any water we drink. We only want to march through your country.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall sell me grain for money, that I may eat; and sell me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot;

Good News Translation
We will pay for the food we eat and the water we drink. All we want to do is to pass through your country,

Christian Standard Bible®
You can sell us food in exchange for silver so we may eat, and give us water for silver so we may drink. Only let us travel through on foot,

Literal Translation
you shall sell me food for silver, and I shall eat; and you shall give me water for silver, and I will drink. Only, let me pass through on my feet,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt sell me meate for money, that I maye eate: & water shalt thou sell me for money, that I maye drinke. Onely let me go thorow by fote,

American Standard Version
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, & geue me water for money, for to drinke: Only I wyll go through on my feete,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on my feet;

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eate, and giue me water for money that I may drinke: Only I will passe through on my feet:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt give me food for money, and I will eat; and thou shalt give me water for money, and I will drink; I will only go through on my feet:

English Revised Version
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;

Berean Standard Bible
You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sille thow metis `to vs for prijs, that we ete; yif thow watir for money, and so we schulen drynke. Oneli it is that thou graunte passage to vs,

Young's Literal Translation
food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, --

Update Bible Version
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

World English Bible
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

New King James Version
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,

New Living Translation
Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land.

New Life Bible
You will sell me food for money so I may eat, and give me water for money so I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot

New Revised Standard
You shall sell me food for money, so that I may eat, and supply me water for money, so that I may drink. Only allow me to pass through on foot—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Food for silver, shalt thou sell me so will I eat, and water for silver, shalt thou let me have, so will I drink, - only I would pass through on my feet; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sell us meat for money, that we may eat: give us water for money and so we will drink. We only ask that thou wilt let us pass through,

Revised Standard Version
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot,

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him, ²⁵ From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you. ²⁶ Then from the waste land of Kedemoth I sent representatives to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, ²⁷ Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left; ²⁸ Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot; ²⁹ As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us. ³⁰ But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day. ³¹ And the Lord said to me, See, from now on I have given Sihon and his land into your hands: go forward now to take his land and make it yours. ³² Then Sihon came out against us with all his people, to make an attack on us at Jahaz. ³³ And the Lord our God gave him into our hands; and we overcame him and his sons and all his people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

only I will pass: Numbers 20:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 2:6 - General Deuteronomy 23:4 - Because they met

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat,.... If they thought fit to have provision of them, they desired no other but to pay for it:

and give me water for money, that I may drink; see Deuteronomy 2:6,

only I will pass through on my feet; for they were all footmen, Numbers 11:21, of the phrase,

Numbers 11:21- :.