Deuteronomy 2 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 2:9

And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 2:9 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
WEBThe LORD said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
YLTand Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them in battle, for I do not give to thee of their land for a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar for a possession.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.
BBEAnd the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.

What does Deuteronomy 2:9 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 2:9 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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413
אֶל\־'el-toH413
תָּ֙צַר֙ta.tzaryou may provokeH6696
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
תִּתְגָּ֥רtit.Garyou engage in strifeH1624
בָּ֖םbamwith them
מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421
כִּ֠יkiforH3588
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אֶתֵּ֨ן'e.TenI will giveH5414
לְךָ֤le.Khato you
מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙me.'ar.Tzoany of land hisH776
יְרֻשָּׁ֔הye.ru.Shaha possessionH3425
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לִבְנֵי\־liv.nei-to [the] descendants ofH1121
ל֔וֹטLotLotH3876
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עָ֖ר'arArH6144
יְרֻשָּֽׁה\׃ye.ru.shaha possessionH3425

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 2:9

  • Genesis 19:36-37

    Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

  • Numbers 21:15

    And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

  • Numbers 21:28

    For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

  • 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 2:29

    (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.

  • Psalms 83:8

    Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

  • Numbers 22:4

    And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

  • Deuteronomy 2:18-19

    Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Judges 11:17

    Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:10

    And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Distress not the Moabites. or, Use no hostility againstMoab.
Nu 22:4; Jud 11:17; 2Ch 20:10
Ar.Ar was situated south of the Arnon; and was called by the Greek writers Areopolis, and thought by them to be so named because the inhabitants worshipped [Ares,] or Mars. St. Jerome says that it was destroyed by an earthquake when he was an infant. Burckhardt supposes that the ruins of a small castle called Mehatet el Hadj, may be the site of this ancient city.
5; Nu 21:15,28
the children.
19; Ge 19:36,37; Ps 83:8

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • Deuteronomy 2:9

    And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Deuteronomy 2:10

    The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

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Deuteronomy 2:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jehová me dijo: No molestes á Moab, ni te empeñes con ellos en guerra, que no te daré posesión de su tierra; porque yo he dado á Ar por heredad á los hijos de Lot.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel me dit: Tu n’attaqueras pas Moab, et tu ne te mettras pas en guerre avec eux; car je ne te donnerai rien de leur pays en possession, car j’ai donné Ar en possession aux fils de Lot.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Befeinde Moab nicht und laß dich nicht in Streit mit ihnen ein, denn ich werde dir von seinem Lande kein Besitztum geben; denn Ar habe ich den Kindern Lot als Besitztum gegeben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Dominus ad me: Non pugnes contra Moabitas, nec ineas adversus eos prælium: non enim dabo tibi quidquam de terra eorum, quia filiis Loth tradidi Ar in possessionem.