Deuteronomy 34 · Verse 3

Deuteronomy 34:3

And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Deuteronomy 34:3, King James Version

Deuteronomy 34:3 in other translations

BSBthe Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
WEBand the south, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
ASVand the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.
YLTand the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar.
DARBYand the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.
BBEAnd the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
WebsterAnd the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.

What does Deuteronomy 34:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-4

Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses should have a view of it, and showed him all that good land. Such a sight believers now have, through grace, of the bliss and glory of their future state. Sometimes God reserves the brightest discoveries of his grace to his…

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Deuteronomy 34:3 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.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַנֶּ֗גֶבha.Ne.gevthe NegevH5045
וְֽאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַכִּכָּ֞רha.ki.Karthe districtH3603
בִּקְעַ֧תbik.'Atin [the] valley ofH1237
יְרֵח֛וֹye.re.ChoJerichoH3405
עִ֥יר'ir[the] city ofH5899
הַתְּמָרִ֖יםha.te.ma.Rimthe palm treesH5899
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
צֹֽעַר\׃Tzo.'arZoarH6820

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 34:3

  • 2 Chronicles 28:15

    And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

  • Judges 3:13

    And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

  • Judges 1:16

    And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • Genesis 19:22

    Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

  • Genesis 14:2

    That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

  • Genesis 14:8

    And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

  • Numbers 34:3

    Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the city of palm.
Jud 1:16; 3:13; 2Ch 28:15
Zoar.
Ge 14:2,8; 19:22; Nu 34:3

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 34:2

    And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

  • Deuteronomy 34:3

    And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

  • Deuteronomy 34:4

    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.

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Deuteronomy 34:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la parte meridional, y la campiña, la vega de Jericó, ciudad de las palmas, hasta Soar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le midi, et la plaine du Jourdain, la vallée de Jéricho, la ville des palmiers, jusqu’à Tsoar.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und den Süden und den Jordankreis, die Niederung von Jericho, der Palmenstadt, bis Zoar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et australem partem, et latitudinem campi Jericho civitatis palmarum usque Segor.