Deuteronomy 1:35

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,

World English Bible · Public Domain

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הַדּ֥וֹר

dôwr

H1755

“the · generation”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 168× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 6:9

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H1752

TWOT: 418b

period, generation, habitation, dwelling - period, age, generation (period of time) - generation (those living during a period) - generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men) - dwelling-place, habitation

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

15: words
14: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
5 nouns
2 adjectives
2 pronouns
1 conjunction
2 particles

Verb forms

יִרְאֶ֥ה Qal · Imperfect
נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי Niphal · Perfect
לָתֵ֖ת Qal · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

אִישׁ֙ man H376 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 24 words from the Hebrew and 16 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 16 words vs World English Bible 24. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Deuteronomy 1:35 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אִם יִרְאֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ בָּאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַדּ֥וֹר הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֚ת הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי לָתֵ֖ת לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Deuteronomy 1:35 Septuagint · lemma form

εἰ ὁράω τις ὁ ἀνήρ οὗτος ὁ ἀγαθός οὗτος γῆ ὅς ὄμνυμι ὁ πατήρ αὐτός

Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I swore to their fathers,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

אִם יֶחֱזֵי גְבַר בְּגֻבְרַיָא הָאִלֵין דָרָא בִישָׁא הָדֵין יָת אַרְעָא טַבְתָא דִי קַיֵמִית לְמִתַּן לַאֲבָהָתְכוֹן

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

אִין יֶחֱמוּן גְּבַר בְּגוּבְרַיָא הָאִילֵין דָּרָא בִישָׁא הָדֵין יַת אַרְעָא טַבְתָא דְקַיֵּימִית לְמִתַּן לְאַבְהַתְכוֹן

If any one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I covenanted to give unto their fathers,

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Deuteronomy 1:35 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(35) Surely . . . Comp. St. Luk_14:24, “None of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

35. of this evil generation] Omit of; the clause being in apposition to these men. It is not in the LXX and is generally taken as a later explanation that these men are not merely the spies but the whole adult generation (Dillm). Whether a gloss or not the explanation is correct.

the good land] JE, Num_14:23; Exo_3:8, a good land; cp. Num_13:19, whether good or bad; P, Num_14:7, a very, very good land. Contrast the frequency of the phrase in D and deuteronomic passages, Deu_3:25, Deu_4:21 f., Deu_6:18, Deu_8:7; Deu_8:10, Deu_9:6, Deu_11:17; Jos_23:16 : a good soil, Jos_23:13; Jos_23:15.

to give] Sam. and LXX omit.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land,.... The land of Canaan; not only not one of the spies that brought the ill report of that land, but of that body of people that gave credit to it, and murmured upon it:

which I sware to give unto your fathers; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Deu 1:8.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

35. Joshua the son of Nun — In Deu_34:9, Joshua takes the place of Moses, and he, under God, causes Israel to inherit the land.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 35, 36. They were all, the whole generation of them, evil, and therefore not a man of them should see the good land which God had promised to their fathers, with the exception of Caleb, who had wholly followed the Lord had remained steadfast and faithful whilst the others fell away. Joshua also was exempted from this doom; but before mentioning him, Moses refers to himself as having also come under the Divine displeasure.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 15 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is dôwr (“generation”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word dôwr carries the sense “generation.” How does it shape the verse?
Psalms 95:11 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
“man” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs shorter here. What questions does that raise?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «יִרְאֶ֥ה» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 15 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“man” occurs 2× in this single verse.
14 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 15 words in this verse.