Deuteronomy 2:28

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,

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;

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;

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 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 ""Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle. ²⁵ This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.' ²⁶ Numbers 21:21-32">[xr] "And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, ²⁷ "Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. ²⁸ 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, ²⁹ just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us.' ³⁰ "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day. ³¹ "And the LORD said to me, "See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.' ³² Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz. ³³ And the LORD our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, 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- :.