Deuteronomy 2:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not meddle with them; for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot's breadth, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    ye prouoke the not, for I wil not geue you of their lode, no not so moch as a fote breadeth: because I haue geue mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    that ye prouoke them not: for I wyl not geue you one fote bredth of their londe. For mount Seir haue I geuen to the children of Esau to possesse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Ye shall not prouoke them: for I wil not giue you of their land so much as a foot breadth, because I haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for a possession.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Take ye good heede vnto your selues therfore: Ye shall not prouoke them, for I wyll not geue you of their lande, no not so much as a foote breadth, because I haue geuen mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:4 : 4 And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
  • Gen 36:8 : 8 Thus Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 20:10-12 : 10 And now, see, the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them; 11 See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.
  • Jer 27:5 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me.
  • Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
  • Acts 7:5 : 5 And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Deut 2:4
    83%

    4And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you; take good heed to yourselves therefore.

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from Ezion-geber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

    9And the LORD said unto me, Do not distress the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Deut 2:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27Let me pass through your land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.

    28You shall 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 foot,

    29(as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.

  • Deut 2:19
    75%

    19And when you come near against the children of Ammon, do not distress them nor meddle with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Deut 2:12
    75%

    12The Horites also dwelt in Seir previously; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which the LORD gave to them.

  • Josh 24:4
    75%

    4And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

  • Num 20:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."

    18But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."

  • Ezek 35:7
    72%

    7Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him who passes out and him who returns.

  • Num 20:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.

    21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

    18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

  • Gen 36:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.

    8Thus Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.

  • Deut 2:6
    71%

    6You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

  • Gen 33:9
    71%

    9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

  • Deut 2:22
    71%

    22As He did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place even unto this day.

  • Ezek 35:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

    3And say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make you most desolate.

  • Josh 1:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, I have given to you, as I said to Moses.

    4From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory.

  • Gen 35:12
    70%

    12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you I will give the land.

  • Deut 1:8
    70%

    8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.

  • Ezek 35:15
    70%

    15As you rejoiced at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Obad 1:19
    70%

    19Those of the South shall possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the plain the Philistines; they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

  • Jer 17:3
    70%

    3O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures to the spoil, and your high places for sin, throughout all your borders.

  • Deut 9:5
    69%

    5It is not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, that you go to possess their land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Jer 49:10
    69%

    10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself: his descendants are spoiled, along with his brothers and his neighbors, and he is no more.

  • Exod 23:32
    69%

    32You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Gen 33:15
    69%

    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 13:17
    69%

    17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.

  • Deut 32:52
    69%

    52Yet you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there to the land which I give the children of Israel.

  • Gen 14:6
    69%

    6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

  • Josh 22:25
    69%

    25For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no part in the LORD. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the LORD.