Deuteronomy 3 · Verse 17

Deuteronomy 3:17

The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.
Deuteronomy 3:17, King James Version

Deuteronomy 3:17 in other translations

BSBThe Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
WEBthe Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
ASVthe Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
YLTand the plain, and the Jordan, and the border, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the springs of Pisgah, at the sun -rising.
DARBYthe plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
BBEAs well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
WebsterThe plain also, and Jordan, and the coast of it, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, even the salt-sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

What does Deuteronomy 3:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 From Chinnereth - See on Num 34:11 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Nu 32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another.

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Deuteronomy 3:17 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖הve.ha.'a.ra.Vahand the ArabahH6160
וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןve.hai.yar.Denand the JordanH3383
וּגְבֻ֑לu.ge.Vuland a borderH1366
מִכִּנֶּ֗רֶתmi.ki.Ne.retfrom KinnerethH3672
וְעַ֨דve.'Adand toH5704
יָ֤םyam[the] sea ofH3220
הָֽעֲרָבָה֙ha.'a.ra.Vahthe ArabahH6160
יָ֣םyam[the] Sea ofH3220
הַמֶּ֔לַחha.Me.lach<the> SaltH4417
תַּ֛חַתTa.chatunderH8478
אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת'ash.Dot[the] slopes ofH798
הַפִּסְגָּ֖הha.pis.Gah<the> PisgahH6449
מִזְרָֽחָה\׃miz.Ra.chaheast -wardH4217

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 3:17

  • Joshua 12:3

    And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:

  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

  • Joshua 3:16

    That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

  • Deuteronomy 4:49

    And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  • Numbers 23:14

    And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  • Joshua 18:19

    And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

  • Genesis 19:28-29

    And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

  • Joshua 15:5

    And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

  • Numbers 34:11-12

    And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

  • Joshua 15:2

    And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Chinnereth.
Nu 34:11; Jos 12:3
the sea.
4:49; Ge 13:10; 14:3; 19:28,29; Nu 34:11,12; Jos 3:16; 12:3; 15:2,5
Jos 18:19
Ashdoth-pisgah. or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill.
Nu 23:14

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 3:16

    And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

  • Deuteronomy 3:17

    The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

  • Deuteronomy 3:18

    And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

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Deuteronomy 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo la campiña, y el Jordán, y el término, desde Cinereth hasta la mar del llano, el mar Salado, las vertientes abajo del Pisga al oriente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et la plaine, et le Jourdain et sa rive depuis Kinnéreth jusqu’à la mer de la plaine, la mer Salée, sous les pentes du Pisga, vers le levant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Ebene und den Jordan und das Angrenzende, von Kinnereth bis zum Meere der Ebene, dem Salzmeere, unter den Abhängen des Pisga gegen Sonnenaufgang.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et planitiem solitudinis, atque Jordanem, et terminos Cenereth usque ad mare deserti, quod est salsissimum, ad radices montis Phasga contra orientem.