Deuteronomy 3 · Verse 25

Deuteronomy 3:25

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Deuteronomy 3:25, King James Version

Deuteronomy 3:25 in other translations

BSBPlease let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
WEBPlease let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”
ASVLet me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
YLTLet me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which is beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.
DARBYLet me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
BBELet me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.
WebsterI pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

What does Deuteronomy 3:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon--The natural and very earnest wish of Moses to be allowed to cross the Jordan was founded on the idea that the divine threatening might be conditional and revertible. "That goodly mountain" is supposed by Jewish writers to have pointed to the hill on which the temple was to be built (De 12:5; Ex 15:2). But biblical scholars now, generally, render the words--"that goodly mountain, even Lebanon," and consider it to be mentioned as typifying the beauty of Palestine, of which hills and mountains were so prominent a feature.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:21-29

Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in religion. Consider what God has done, what God has promised. If God be for us, who can be against us, so as to prevail? We reproach our Leader if we follow him trembling. Moses prayed, that, if it were God's will, he might go…

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Deuteronomy 3:25 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.

אֶעְבְּרָה\־'e'.be.rah-let me pass overH5674
נָּ֗אNa'pleaseH4994
וְאֶרְאֶה֙ve.'er.'Ehso I may seeH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.Vah<the> goodH2896
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּעֵ֣בֶרbe.'E.ver[is] on [the] other side ofH5676
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
הָהָ֥רha.Harthe hill countryH2022
הַטּ֛וֹבha.Tov<the> goodH2896
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן\׃ve.ha.le.va.Nonand <the> LebanonH3844

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 3:25

  • Deuteronomy 4:21-22

    Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

  • Ezekiel 20:6

    In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

  • Deuteronomy 11:11-12

    But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

  • Exodus 3:8

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the good land.
4:21,22; 11:11,12; Ex 3:8; Nu 32:5; Eze 20:6
Lebanon.Lebanon is a long chain of limestone mountains, extending from near the coast of the Mediterranean on the west to the plains of Damascus on the east, and forming the extreme northern boundary of the Holy Land. It is divided into two principal ridges, running parallel to each other in a north-north-east direction; the most westerly of which was properly called Libanus, and the easterly Anti-Libanus: the Hebrews did not make this distinction. It is computed to be fifteen or sixteen hundred fathoms in height. They are by no means barren, but are almost all well cultivated and well peopled; their summits being in many parts level, and forming extensive plains, in which are sown corn and all kinds of pulse. Vineyards, and plantations of olive, mulberry, and fig trees, are also cultivated in terraces formed by walls; and the soil of the declivities and hollows is most excellent, and produces abundance of corn, oil, and wine.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 3:24

    O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

  • Deuteronomy 3:25

    I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

  • Deuteronomy 3:26

    But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

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Deuteronomy 3:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pase yo, ruégote, y vea aquella tierra buena, que está á la parte allá del Jordán, aquel buen monte, y el Líbano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que je passe, je te prie, et que je voie ce bon pays qui est au-delà du Jourdain, cette bonne montagne, et le Liban.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Laß mich doch hinüberziehen und das gute Land sehen, welches jenseit des Jordan ist, dieses gute Gebirge und den Libanon.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Transibo igitur, et videbo terram hanc optimam trans Jordanem, et montem istum egregium, et Libanum.