Deuteronomy 23:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 23:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
דְּבַ֞ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
קִדְּמ֤וּ
qâdam
H6923
to meet
אֶתְכֶם֙
ʼêth
H853
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בַּלֶּ֣חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
וּבַמַּ֔יִם
mayim
H4325
water
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
וַאֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
H834
which
שָׂכַ֨ר
sâkar
H7936
to hire
עָלֶ֜יךָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בִּלְעָ֣ם
Bilʻâm
H1109
Balaam
בֶּן
bên
H1121
son
בְּע֗וֹר
Bᵉʻôwr
H1160
Beor
מִפְּת֛וֹר
Pᵉthôwr
H6604
Pethor
אֲרַ֥ם
ʼĂram Nahărayim
H763
Aram-naharaim
נַהֲרַ֖יִם
ʼĂram Nahărayim
H763
Aram-naharaim
לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ
qâlal
H7043
to be light
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World English Bible Public Domain
because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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King James Version Public Domain
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
on account of the matter that they did not meet you with bread and with water on the road when you had come out from Egypt, and that he hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Pethor Aram Naharaim, to curse you.
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