Deuteronomy 31:4
in Deuteronomy 31And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.
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ASV
And Jehovah will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom he destroyed.
KJV
And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 31
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
he will go over before thee
on Deuteronomy 31:3-5
The sentence puts God over Jordan first and Joshua second, and Joshua's commission is stated as something the Lord hath said rather than as an arrangement of Moses' own. The proof offered is Sihon and Og, the two kings east of Jordan whose defeat Numbers 21:21-35 records and this book retold at 2:26 through 3:11, so the argument runs from what this generation watched to what it has not seen yet. Verse 5 ties the conquest to the commandments already given, which keeps the war under the law rather than the law under the war.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשָׂ֤ה | veasah | and he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֗ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְסִיח֥וֹן | lesichon | to Sihon | H5511 → | 37 times |
| וּלְע֛וֹג | uleog | and to Og | H5747 → | 22 times |
| מַלְכֵ֥י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֖י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| וּלְאַרְצָ֑ם | uleartzam | and to land their | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִשְׁמִ֖יד | hishmid | he destroyed | H8045 → | 90 times |
| אֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְעָשָׂ֤הand he will do
veasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָהֶ֔םto <the> them
lahem
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֗הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְסִיח֥וֹןto Sihon
lesichonH5511 →37 times
וּלְע֛וֹגand to Og
uleogH5747 →22 times
מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֖יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
וּלְאַרְצָ֑םand to land their
uleartzamH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִשְׁמִ֖ידhe destroyed
hishmidH8045 →90 times
אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:33And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
- Numbers 21:24
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
- Deuteronomy 29:7–8
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Deuteronomy 3:2–3
But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon…
- Deuteronomy 7:2
Through
Deuteronomy 3:21And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms…
it leads to
- Numbers 27:18–23
And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
- 1 Samuel 17:36–37
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Numbers 27:18–23
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.