Deuteronomy 4 · Verse 22

Deuteronomy 4:22

But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Deuteronomy 4:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 4:22 in other translations

BSBFor I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
WEBbut I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
ASVbut I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
YLTfor I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.
DARBYfor I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.
BBEBut death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.
WebsterBut I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

What does Deuteronomy 4:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:1-23

The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may be applied to those who live under the gospel. What are laws made for but to be observed and obeyed? Our obedience as individuals cannot merit salvation; but it is the only evidence that we are partakers of the gift of God…

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Deuteronomy 4:22 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
מֵת֙met[am] about to dieH4191
בָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
אֵינֶ֥נִּי'ei.Ne.ninot IH369
עֹבֵ֖ר'o.Ver[am] about to pass overH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
וְאַתֶּם֙ve.'a.Temand youH859
עֹֽבְרִ֔ים'oe.Rim[are] about to pass overH5674
וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕םvi.rish.Temand you will take possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַטּוֹבָ֖הha.to.Vah<the> goodH2896
הַזֹּֽאת\׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 4:22

  • 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 3:27

    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.

  • 2 Peter 1:13-15

    Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

  • Hebrews 12:6-10

    For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? …

  • 1 Kings 13:21-22

    And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

  • Amos 3:2

    You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

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3:25,27; 1Ki 13:21,22; Am 3:2; Heb 12:6-10; 2Pe 1:13-15

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 4:21

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 4:22

    But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

  • Deuteronomy 4:23

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

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Deuteronomy 4:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así que yo voy á morir en esta tierra; y no paso el Jordán: mas vosotros pasaréis, y poseeréis aquella buena tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car, pour moi, je mourrai dans ce pays, je ne passerai pas le Jourdain; mais vous allez le passer, et vous posséderez ce bon pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871
denn ich werde in diesem Lande sterben, ich werde nicht über den Jordan gehen; ihr aber werdet hinüberziehen und werdet dieses gute Land besitzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce morior in hac humo; non transibo Jordanem: vos transibitis, et possidebitis terram egregiam.