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Complete Jewish Bible

Deuteronomy 11:31

For you are to cross the Yarden to enter and take possession of the land Adonai your God is giving you; you are to own it and live in it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   Conquest of Canaan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you possess it and settle in it,
Hebrew Names Version
For you are to pass over the Yarden to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.
King James Version
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Lexham English Bible
For you are now about to cross the Jordan to go to take possession of the land that Yahweh, your God, is giving to you, and you will take possession of it and live in it,
English Standard Version
For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it,
New Century Version
You will soon cross the Jordan River to enter and take the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and live there,
New English Translation
For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.
Amplified Bible
"For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it,
New American Standard Bible
"For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it,
Geneva Bible (1587)
For yee shall passe ouer Iorden, to goe in to possesse the land, which ye Lorde your God giueth you, and ye shall possesse it, & dwell therein.
Legacy Standard Bible
For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it,
Contemporary English Version
Soon you will cross the Jordan River to conquer the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you have settled there,
Darby Translation
For ye pass over the Jordan to enter in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall take possession of it, and dwell therein.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will go across the Jordan River. You will take the land that the Lord your God is giving you. This land will belong to you. When you are living in this land,
George Lamsa Translation
For you are to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell therein.
Good News Translation
You are about to cross the Jordan River and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it and settle there,
Literal Translation
For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you; and you shall possess it and live in it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye shal go ouer Iordane, that ye maye come in to take possession of the londe, which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you, to conquere it, and to dwell therin.
American Standard Version
For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Bible in Basic English
For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For ye shall passe ouer Iordane, to go in and possesse the lande whiche the Lorde your God geueth you, and ye shall possesse it, and dwell therein.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
King James Version (1611)
For ye shall passe ouer Iordan, to goe in to possesse the land which the Lord your God giueth you, and ye shall possesse it, and dwell therein.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For ye are passing over Jordan, to go in and inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives you to inherit always, and ye shall dwell in it.
English Revised Version
For ye are to pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Berean Standard Bible
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you possess and settle it,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye schulen passe Jordan, that ye welde the lond which youre Lord God schal yyue to you, and that ye haue and welde that lond.
Young's Literal Translation
for ye are passing over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you; and ye have possessed it, and dwelt in it,
Update Bible Version
For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Webster's Bible Translation
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell in it.
World English Bible
For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.
New King James Version
For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it.
New Living Translation
For you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take that land and are living in it,
New Life Bible
You are about to cross the Jordan to go in to take the land the Lord your God is giving you. It will be your land and you will live in it.
New Revised Standard
When you cross the Jordan to go in to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and when you occupy it and live in it,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For ye are passing over the Jordan, to enter to possess the land which Yahweh your God, is giving unto you, - so shall ye possess it and dwell therein.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For you shall pass over the Jordan, to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have it and possess it.
Revised Standard Version
For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the LORD your God gives you; and when you possess it and live in it,
THE MESSAGE
You are crossing the Jordan River to invade and take the land that God , your God, is giving you. Be vigilant. Observe all the regulations and rules I am setting before you today.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it,

Contextual Overview

26 No one will be able to withstand you; Adonai your God will place the fear and dread of you on all the land you step on, as he told you. Haftarah ‘Ekev: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 49:14–51:3 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah ‘Ekev: Mattityahu (Matthew) 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13; Ya‘akov (James) 5:7–11 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse — 27 the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am giving you today; 28 and the curse, if you don't listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known. 29 "When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering in order to take possession of it, you are to put the blessing on Mount G'rizim and the curse on Mount ‘Eival. 30 Both are west of the Yarden, in the direction of the sunset, in the land of the Kena‘ani living in the ‘Aravah, across from Gilgal, near the pistachio trees of Moreh. 31 For you are to cross the Yarden to enter and take possession of the land Adonai your God is giving you; you are to own it and live in it. 32 And you are to take care to follow all the laws and rulings I am setting before you today.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 9:1, Joshua 1:11, Joshua 3:13-17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:10 - But when Deuteronomy 27:2 - on the day

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
The border of the Kena‘ani was from Tzidon, as you go toward G'rar, to ‘Azah; as you go toward S'dom, ‘Amora, Admah and Tzvoyim, to Lesha.
Genesis 11:2
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.
Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them in the fire." So they had bricks for building-stone and clay for mortar.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:5
Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Genesis 11:26
Terach lived seventy years and fathered Avram, Nachor and Haran.
Genesis 11:28
Haran died before his father Terach in the land where he was born, in Ur of the Kasdim.
Genesis 12:4
So Avram went, as Adonai had said to him, and Lot went with him. Avram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 15:7
(vi) Then he said to him, "I am Adonai , who brought you out from Ur-Kasdim to give you this land as your possession."
Genesis 24:10
(iii) Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and all kinds of gifts from his master, got up and went to Aram-Naharayim, to Nachor's city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land Which the Lord your God giveth you,.... They were now near it, and by this they are assured they should pass over it, in order to take possession of the land God had given them, and which gift of his was a sufficient title to it:

and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein: should not only take possession of it, but make their abode in it; they are assured hereby of continuance in it, on condition they obeyed the laws of God, as follows.


 
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