You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
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You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
You will sell me food for silver, and I will eat. And give to me water for silver, and I will drink. Only let me pass through on my feet
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You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;
Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my foote,
Sell us meat for money, that we may eat: give us water for money and so we will drink. We only ask that thou wilt let us pass through,
food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, --
You sell me food for money, and I have eaten; and you give to me water for money, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet,
You will sell me food for money, so that I may eat; give me water for money, so that I may drink; only let me pass through on my feet;
You will sell me food for silver, and I will eat. And give to me water for silver, and I will drink. Only let me pass through on my feet
Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Sell us food to eat and water to drink for money. Just let us pass through on foot,
Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;
Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on my feet;
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is תַּשְׁבִּרֵ֨נִי֙ to buy grain H7666 — appearing just 21 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
תַּשְׁבִּרֵ֨נִי֙ to buy grain H7666 occurs in 20 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 29 words from the Hebrew and 31 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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 12 Hebrew tokens and 18 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.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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אֹ֣כֶל בַּכֶּ֤סֶף תַּשְׁבִּרֵ֨נִי֙ וְאָכַ֔לְתִּי וּמַ֛יִם בַּכֶּ֥סֶף תִּתֶּן לִ֖י וְשָׁתִ֑יתִי רַ֖ק אֶעְבְּרָ֥ה בְרַגְלָֽי
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
World English Bible · Public Domain
βρῶμα ἀργύριον ἀποδίδωμι ἐγώ καί ἐσθίω καί ὕδωρ ἀργύριον ἀποδίδωμι ἐγώ καί πίνω πλήν ὅτι παραἔρχομαι ὁ πούς
You shall give me food for money, and I will eat; and you shall give me water for money, and I will drink; I will only go through on my feet:
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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 →
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.
עִבוּרָא בְּכַסְפָּא תְּזַבֶּן לִי וְאֵיכוּל וּמַיָא בְּכַסְפָּא תִּתֶּן לִי וְאֶשְׁתֵּי לְחוֹד אֵעִבַר בְּרַגְלָי
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
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.
עִבּוּר כַּד חַי בְּכַסְפָּא תַּזְבִּין לִי וְאֵיכוֹל וּמוֹי בְּכַסְפָּא תִתֵּן לִי וְאִישְׁתֵּי לְחוֹד אֲעִבַּר בִּלְחוֹדִי
I will buy fresh provision with silver, to eat, and thou shalt give me water for silver, to drink; I will only pass through:
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.
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Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 12 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâbar (“to buy grain”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Deuteronomy 2:28 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 →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
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Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.