Deuteronomy 3 · Verse 27

Deuteronomy 3:27

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 3:27, King James Version

Deuteronomy 3:27 in other translations

BSBGo to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
WEBGo up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan.
ASVGet thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
YLTgo up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with thine eyes--for thou dost not pass over this Jordan;
DARBYGo up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
BBEGo up to the top of Pisgah, and turning your eyes to the west and the north, to the south and the east, see the land with your eyes: for you are not to go over Jordan.
WebsterAscend to the top of Pisgah, and lift up thy eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thy eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

What does Deuteronomy 3:27 mean?

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 3:27 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.

עֲלֵ֣ה\׀'a.Lehgo upH5927
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] top ofH7218
הַפִּסְגָּ֗הha.pis.Gah<the> PisgahH6449
וְשָׂ֥אve.Sa'and lift upH5375
עֵינֶ֛יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
יָ֧מָּהYa.mahwest -wardH3220
וְצָפֹ֛נָהve.tza.Fo.nahand north -wardH6828
וְתֵימָ֥נָהve.tei.Ma.nahand south -wardH8486
וּמִזְרָ֖חָהu.miz.Ra.chahand east -wardH4217
וּרְאֵ֣הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200
בְעֵינֶ֑יךָve.'ei.Nei.khawith own eyes yourH5869
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תַעֲבֹ֖רta.'a.Voryou will pass overH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 3:27

  • Numbers 27:12

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 34:1-4

    And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

  • Genesis 13:14-15

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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thee up.
34:1-4; Nu 27:12
Pisgah. or, the hill.
17
lift up.
Ge 13:14,15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 3:27

    Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Deuteronomy 3:28

    But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

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Deuteronomy 3:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sube á la cumbre del Pisga, y alza tus ojos al occidente, y al aquilón, y al mediodía, y al oriente, y ve por tus ojos: porque no pasarás este Jordán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Monte au sommet du Pisga, et élève tes yeux vers l’occident, et vers le nord, et vers le midi, et vers le levant, et regarde de tes yeux; car tu ne passeras pas ce Jourdain.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Steige auf den Gipfel des Pisga, und hebe deine Augen auf gegen Westen und gegen Norden und gegen Süden und gegen Osten, und sieh mit deinen Augen; denn du wirst nicht über diesen Jordan gehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ascende cacumen Phasgæ, et oculos tuos circumfer ad occidentem, et ad aquilonem, austrumque et orientem, et aspice; nec enim transibis Jordanem istum.