Deuteronomy 31:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to them, I am one hundred and twenty years old today; I can no longer go out and come in: also the LORD has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם בֶּן־מֵאָה֩ וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים שָׁנָ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל ע֖וֹד לָצֵ֣את וְלָב֑וֹא וַֽיהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmer to-them ben-hundred and-twenty šānāh ʾānōkî the-yôm, not-ʾûkal still to-lāṣēʾt and-to-lābôʾ; and-YHWH ʾāmar to-me, not taʿăbōr ʾet-the-yardēn the-zeh.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
• *ben*: construct state - 'son of/aged'
• *šānāh*: noun feminine singular - 'year'
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st singular - 'I'
• *yôm*: noun masculine singular with definite article - 'the day'
• *ʾûkal*: qal imperfect 1st singular - 'I am able'
• *lāṣēʾt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to go out'
• *lābôʾ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to come in'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he said'
• *taʿăbōr*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will cross'
• *yardēn*: proper noun - 'Jordan'
• *zeh*: demonstrative adjective masculine singular - 'this'

Word Meanings

• *ʾûkal*: am able/can/have strength
• *lāṣēʾt*: to go out/depart/exit
• *lābôʾ*: to come in/enter/arrive
• *taʿăbōr*: you will cross/pass over/traverse

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said to them, 'I am now 120 years old, and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has said to me, 'You shall not cross the Jordan.''

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sayed vnto them I am an hundred ad.xx. yere olde this daye, ad can nomoare goo out and in. Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me, thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and saide vnto them: I am this daye an hundreth and twetye yeare olde, I can nomore go out and in: the LORDE also hath sayde vnto me: Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And said vnto them, I am an hundreth and twentie yeere olde this day: I can no more goe out and in: also the Lorde hath saide vnto me, Thou shalt not goe ouer this Iorden.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sayd vnto them: I am an hundred and twentie yeres olde this day, and can no more go out and in: Also the Lorde hath sayd vnto me, Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith unto them, `A son of a hundred and twenty years `am' I to-day; I am not able any more to go out and to come in, and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou dost not pass over this Jordan,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to them, "I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, 'You shall not go over this Jordan.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to them,“Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the LORD has said to me,‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

Referenced Verses

• Deut 34:7 : 7 And Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural strength diminished.
• Num 27:17 : 17 Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, who may lead them out and who may bring them in; so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
• 1 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
• Exod 7:7 : 7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
• Deut 3:26-27 : 26 But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and would not hear me; and the LORD said to me: Enough! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
• Deut 4:21-22 : 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go into that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
• Deut 32:48-52 : 48 And the LORD spoke to Moses that same day, saying, 49 Go up into the mountain Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: 50 And die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people; as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: 51 Because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you did not sanctify me in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 Yet you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there to the land which I give the children of Israel.
• Josh 14:10-11 : 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day eighty-five years old. 11 Yet I am as strong this day as I was the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.
• 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
• Num 20:12 : 12 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."
• Num 27:13-14 : 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. 14 For you rebelled against my command in the desert of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: this is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
• Deut 1:37 : 37 Also the LORD was angry with me because of you, saying, You also shall not go in there.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
• Acts 7:23 : 23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
• Acts 20:25 : 25 And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
• 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 Yes, I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.