Deuteronomy 2:18

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You are this day to pass over `Ar, the border of Mo'av:

King James Version
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

Lexham English Bible
‘You are about to cross over the boundary of Moab today at Ar.

English Standard Version
‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

New Century Version
"Today you will pass by Ar, on the border of Moab.

New English Translation
"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.

Amplified Bible
'Today you are to pass through Ar, the border of Moab.

New American Standard Bible
'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt goe through Ar the coast of Moab this day:

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Today you are about to cross over Ar, the border of Moab.

Contemporary English Version
"Moses, now go past the town of Ar and cross Moab's northern border

Complete Jewish Bible
‘Today you are to cross the border of Mo'av at ‘Ar.

Darby Translation
Thou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, [which is] Ar,

Easy-to-Read Version
‘Today you must cross the border at Ar and go into Moab.

George Lamsa Translation
You are to pass over through the border of Moab and Ad this day;

Good News Translation
‘Today you are to pass through the territory of Moab by way of Ar.

Christian Standard Bible®
‘Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Literal Translation
You are passing over the border of Moab today, to Ar,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This daie shalt thou go thorow the coast of ye Moabites by Ar,

American Standard Version
Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

Bible in Basic English
You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt go thorowe Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar;

King James Version (1611)
Thou art to passe ouer thorow Ar, the coast of Moab, this day.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer;

English Revised Version
Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

Berean Standard Bible
"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt passe to dai the termes of Moab,

Young's Literal Translation
Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,

Update Bible Version
You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

World English Bible
You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

New King James Version
"This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.

New Living Translation
‘Today you will cross the border of Moab at Ar

New Life Bible
‘Today you will cross over Ar and into Moab.

New Revised Standard
"Today you are going to cross the boundary of Moab at Ar.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, art passing, to-day, the boundary of Moab even Ar;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar:

Revised Standard Version
'This day you are to pass over the boundary of Moab at Ar;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.

Contextual Overview

⁸ So we detoured around our brothers, the People of Esau who live in Seir, avoiding the Arabah Road that comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber; instead we used the road through the Wilderness of Moab. ⁹ God told me, "And don't try to pick a fight with the Moabites. I am not giving you any of their land. I've given ownership of Ar to the People of Lot." ¹⁰The Emites (Monsters) used to live there—mobs of hulking giants, like Anakites. Along with the Anakites they were lumped in with the Rephaites (Ghosts) but in Moab they were called Emites. Horites also used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau took over and destroyed them, the same as Israel did in the land God gave them to possess. ¹³ God said, "It's time now to cross the Brook Zered." So we crossed the Brook Zered. ¹⁴It took us thirty-eight years to get from Kadesh Barnea to the Brook Zered. That's how long it took for the entire generation of soldiers from the camp to die off, as God had sworn they would. God was relentless against them until the last one was gone from the camp. ¹⁶When the last of these soldiers had died, God said to me, "This is the day you cut across the territory of Moab, at Ar. When you approach the People of Ammon, don't try and pick a fight with them because I'm not giving you any of the land of the People of Ammon for yourselves—I've already given it to the People of Lot." It is also considered to have once been the land of the Rephaites. Rephaites lived there long ago—the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (Barbarians)—huge mobs of them, giants like the Anakites. God destroyed them and the Ammonites moved in and took over. It was the same with the People of Esau who live in Seir— God got rid of the Horites who lived there earlier and they moved in and took over, as you can see. Regarding the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites who came from Caphtor (Crete) wiped them out and moved in.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:23, Isaiah 15:1

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:28 - Ar of Moab

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"

Ruth 3:1
One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to Ruth, "My dear daughter, isn't it about time I arranged a good home for you so you can have a happy life? And isn't Boaz our close relative, the one with whose young women you've been working? Maybe it's time to make our move. Tonight is the night of Boaz's barley harvest at the threshing floor.

Proverbs 18:22
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of God !

1 Corinthians 7:36
If a man has a woman friend to whom he is loyal but never intended to marry, having decided to serve God as a "single," and then changes his mind, deciding he should marry her, he should go ahead and marry. It's no sin; it's not even a "step down" from celibacy, as some say. On the other hand, if a man is comfortable in his decision for a single life in service to God and it's entirely his own conviction and not imposed on him by others, he ought to stick with it. Marriage is spiritually and morally right and not inferior to singleness in any way, although as I indicated earlier, because of the times we live in, I do have pastoral reasons for encouraging singleness.

1 Peter 3:7
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou art to pass over through Ar,.... That is, over the river Arnon, by the city Ar of Moab, which was situated by it; see Deuteronomy 2:9 and so Moses and the people of Israel were to pass along by that,

and by the coast of Moab; for they were not admitted to enter the land and pass through it; only to travel on the borders of it, and that they were to begin to do this day; the day the Lord spake to Moses.