Deuteronomy 34 · Verse 8

Deuteronomy 34:8

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Deuteronomy 34:8, King James Version

Deuteronomy 34:8 in other translations

BSBThe Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
WEBThe children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
ASVAnd the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
YLTAnd the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses are completed.
DARBYAnd the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
BBEFor thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.
WebsterAnd the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

What does Deuteronomy 34:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. wept for Moses ... thirty days--Seven days was the usual period of mourning, but for persons in high rank or official eminence, it was extended to thirty (Ge 50:3-10; Nu 20:29).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:5-8

Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though it seemed harder. In this he resembled our Lord Jesus Christ. But he died in honour, in peace, and in the most easy manner; the Saviour died upon the disgraceful and torturing cross. Moses died very easily; he died "at the mouth of the Lord," according to the will of God. The servants of the Lord, when they have done all their other work, must die at…

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Deuteronomy 34:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּבְכּוּ֩vai.yiv.Kuand they wept forH1058
בְנֵ֨יve.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥תbe.'ar.Votin [the] desert plains ofH6160
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoabH4124
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
י֑וֹםYomday[s]H3117
וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּvai.yi.te.Muand they were completedH8552
יְמֵ֥יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
בְכִ֖יve.Khi[the] weeping ofH1065
אֵ֥בֶל'E.vel[the] mourning ofH60
מֹשֶֽׁה\׃mo.ShehMosesH4872

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 34:8

  • Genesis 50:3

    And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

  • Numbers 20:29

    And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

  • Genesis 50:10

    And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  • 1 Samuel 25:1

    And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

  • Isaiah 57:1

    The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wept for Moses.
Ge 50:3,10; Nu 20:29; 1Sa 25:1; Isa 57:1; Ac 8:2

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 34:7

    And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

  • Deuteronomy 34:8

    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  • Deuteronomy 34:9

    And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Deuteronomy 34:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y lloraron los hijos de Israel á Moisés en los campos de Moab treinta días: y así se cumplieron los días del lloro del luto de Moisés.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et les fils d’Israël pleurèrent Moïse dans les plaines de Moab, 30 jours; et les jours des pleurs du deuil de Moïse furent terminés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder Israel beweinten Mose in den Ebenen Moabs dreißig Tage lang; und es wurden die Tage des Weinens der Trauer um Mose vollendet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fleveruntque eum filii Israël in campestribus Moab triginta diebus: et completi sunt dies planctus lugentium Moysen.