Deuteronomy 2 · Verse 16

Deuteronomy 2:16

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Deuteronomy 2:16, King James Version

Deuteronomy 2:16 in other translations

BSBNow when all the fighting men among the people had died,
WEBSo, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
ASVSo it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
YLT‘And it cometh to pass, when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people,
DARBYAnd it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,
BBESo when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,
WebsterSo it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

What does Deuteronomy 2:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8-18

8-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is…

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Deuteronomy 2:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֨יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כַאֲשֶׁר\־kha.'a.Sher-just whenH834
תַּ֜מּוּTa.muthey had finishedH8552
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אַנְשֵׁ֧י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
הַמִּלְחָמָ֛הha.mil.cha.Mah<the> warH4421
לָמ֖וּתla.Mutto dieH4191
מִקֶּ֥רֶבmi.Ke.revfrom [the] midst ofH7130
הָעָֽם\׃\ \סha.'Amthe peopleH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Deuteronomy 2:15

    For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

  • Deuteronomy 2:16

    So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

  • Deuteronomy 2:17

    That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

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Deuteronomy 2:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que cuando se hubieron acabado de morir todos los hombres de guerra de entre el pueblo,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, lorsque tous les hommes de guerre eurent péri du milieu du peuple par la mort,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als die Kriegsleute insgesamt aus der Mitte des Volkes weggestorben waren,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Postquam autem universi ceciderunt pugnatores,