but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
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but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
But I will die in this land. I will not cross the Jordan, but you will cross over and possess that good land.
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but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
For 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.
For 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.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
but I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
For I must die in this land, and shall not go ouer Iorden: but ye shall goe ouer, and possesse that good land.
Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land.
for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.
for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, but you are passing over and have possessed this good land.
Instead, I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan; but you will go over and possess that good land.
But I will die in this land. I will not cross the Jordan, but you will cross over and possess that good land.
for I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.
but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
So I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I have to die here in this land. But you will cross over and occupy that good land.
But 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.
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 24 words from the Hebrew and 27 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֥י מֵת֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֵינֶ֥נִּי עֹבֵ֖ר אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְאַתֶּם֙ עֹֽבְרִ֔ים וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕ם אֶת הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
World English Bible · Public Domain
ἐγώ γάρ ἀποθνήσκω ἐν ὁ γῆ οὗτος καί οὐ διαβαίνω ὁ ἰορδάνης οὗτος σύ δέ διαβαίνω καί κληρονομέω ὁ γῆ ὁ ἀγαθός οὗτος
For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but you⌃ are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land.
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.
אֲרֵי אֲנָא מָאִית בְּאַרְעָא הָדָא לֵית אֲנָא עָבֵר יָת יַרְדְנָא וְאַתּוּן עָבְרִין וְתֵירְתוּן יָת אַרְעָא טָבָא הָדָא
(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.
אֲרוּם אֲנָא שְׁכִיב בְּאַרְעָא הָדָא לֵית אֲנָא עָבַר יַת יַרְדְּנָא וְאַתּוּן עָבְרִין וְתֵירְתוּן יַת אַרְעָא טַבְתָא הָדָא
But I must die in this land; I am not to pass over Jordan; but you will pass over and possess the inheritance of that good land.
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 16 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yardên (“Jordan”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Deuteronomy 4:22 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.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
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.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.