Deuteronomy 4:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיהוָ֥ה הִתְאַנֶּף־בִּ֖י עַל־דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֤י עָבְרִי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וּלְבִלְתִּי־בֹא֙ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-YHWH hitʾannep-bî ʿal-dibrêkem wa-yyiššābaʿ lə-biltî ʿobrî ʾet-ha-yyardēn û-lə-biltî-bōʾ ʾel-hā-ʾāreṣ ha-ṭṭôbāh ʾăšer YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn ləkā naḥălāh.

Grammar Details

*wa-YHWH*: conjunction + proper noun - and LORD/Yahweh
*hitʾannep*: Hithpael perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was angry
*bî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
*ʿal-dibrêkem*: preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - because of your words
*wa-yyiššābaʿ*: conjunction + Niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and swore
*lə-biltî*: preposition + conjunction - to not
*ʿobrî*: Qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my crossing
*ʾet-ha-yyardēn*: direct object marker + definite article + proper noun - the Jordan
*û-lə-biltî-bōʾ*: conjunction + preposition + conjunction + Qal infinitive construct - and to not enter
*ʾel-hā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the land
*ha-ṭṭôbāh*: definite article + feminine singular adjective - the good
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*nōtēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular - giving
*ləkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun - inheritance

Word Meanings

*hitʾannep*: was angry/became furious/was wrathful
*dibrêkem*: your words/your matters/your affairs
*yiššābaʿ*: swore/vowed/took an oath
*biltî*: not/without/except
*ʿobrî*: my crossing/my passing over
*yardēn*: Jordan/Jordan River
*bōʾ*: enter/come/go in
*ʾāreṣ*: land/country/territory
*ṭôbāh*: good/pleasant/agreeable
*nōtēn*: giving/granting/bestowing
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/heritage/possession

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:37 : 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
Num 20:12 : 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Deut 3:26 : 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deut 31:2 : 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Ps 106:32-33 : 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 1:37-38
2 verses
88%
37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Deut 4:22
85%
22But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Deut 3:25-27
3 verses
82%
25I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deut 1:34-35
2 verses
79%
34And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Num 32:10-11
2 verses
78%
10And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Deut 10:11
76%
11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deut 34:4
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4And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Deut 4:20
75%
20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
Deut 11:31
75%
31For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Judg 2:20
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20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Num 32:19
75%
19For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Deut 32:51-52
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75%
51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Num 14:23
74%
23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
Deut 32:49
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49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Deut 1:42
74%
42And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Deut 11:17
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17And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Deut 2:29
74%
29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Deut 1:8
74%
8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deut 31:2
74%
2And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deut 29:27
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27And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
Josh 22:25
74%
25For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
Josh 14:9
74%
9And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
Num 14:16
74%
16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Num 14:30-31
2 verses
73%
30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Ezek 20:15
73%
15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Exod 33:3
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3Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Deut 9:4-5
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73%
4Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Num 20:24
73%
24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
Num 27:12
73%
12And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Deut 1:26-27
2 verses
73%
26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Deut 9:23
73%
23Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Jer 17:4
73%
4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
Deut 1:20-21
2 verses
73%
20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
21Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
Deut 9:8
73%
8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Num 20:12
73%
12And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Josh 24:8
72%
8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Deut 30:18
72%
18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Num 33:50
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50And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Deut 4:26
72%
26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Josh 1:6
72%
6Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.