Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deuteronomy 2:6 in other translations
| BSB | You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’” |
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| WEB | You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’” |
| ASV | Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. |
| YLT | ‘Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk, |
| DARBY | Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink; |
| BBE | You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking. |
| Webster | Ye shall buy food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. |
What does Deuteronomy 2:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:5-7
5-7. Meddle not with them--that is, "which dwell in Seir" (De 2:4)--for there was another branch of Esau's posterity, namely, the Amalekites, who were to be fought against and destroyed (Ge 36:12; Ex 17:14; De 25:17). But the people of Edom were not to be injured, either in their persons or property. And although the approach of so vast a nomadic horde as the Israelites naturally created apprehension, they were to…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:1-7
Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, teaching them to mortify their lusts, to follow God, and to comfort themselves in him. Though Israel may be long kept waiting for deliverance and enlargement, it will come at last. Before God brought Israel to destroy their…
Deuteronomy 2:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 2:6
- Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
- Numbers 20:19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
- Deuteronomy 2:28-29
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; (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7-8
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
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Context
- Deuteronomy 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
- Deuteronomy 2:7
For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Deuteronomy 2:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Compraréis de ellos por dinero las viandas, y comeréis; y también compraréis de ellos el agua, y beberéis: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous achèterez d’eux la nourriture à prix d’argent, et vous la mangerez; et l’eau aussi, vous l’achèterez d’eux à prix d’argent, et vous la boirez. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Speise sollt ihr um Geld von ihnen kaufen, daß ihr esset, und auch Wasser sollt ihr um Geld von ihnen kaufen, daß ihr trinket. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cibos emetis ab eis pecunia, et comedetis: aquam emptam haurietis, et bibetis. |