Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-arish), and its limit shall be at the [Mediterranean] Sea.

New American Standard Bible

The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.

King James Version

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Holman Bible

The border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.

International Standard Version

Then the border is to turn from Azmon toward the wadi of Egypt and from there to the Mediterranean Sea.'"

A Conservative Version

And the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

American Standard Version

and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.

Bible in Basic English

And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.

Darby Translation

And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.

Julia Smith Translation

And the boundary turned from Azmon to the torrent of Egypt, and the goings out were the sea.

King James 2000

And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the end of it shall be at the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The boundary will turn from Azmon to the valley of Egypt, and its limits will be to the sea.

Modern King James verseion

And the border shall turn from Azmon to the torrent of Egypt, and the end of it shall be at the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and shall go out at the sea.

NET Bible

There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.

New Heart English Bible

and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt, - and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea.

Webster

And the border shall form a circuit from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the limits of it shall be at the sea.

World English Bible

and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the border
גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

עצמן עצמון 
`Atsmown 
Usage: 3

unto the river
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

of Egypt
מצרים 
Mitsrayim 
Usage: 681

and the goings out
תּצאה תּוצאה 
Towtsa'ah 
Usage: 23

Context Readings

The Land Of Canaan Is Divided

4 Your boundary shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and continue on to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon. 5 Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-arish), and its limit shall be at the [Mediterranean] Sea. 6 ‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.


Cross References

Joshua 15:4

It continued along to Azmon and proceeded to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish), and the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea. This was their southern border.

Genesis 15:18

On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying,

“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—

Joshua 15:47

Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish) and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline.

1 Kings 8:65

So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath [on the northern border of Israel] to the Brook of Egypt [at Israel’s southern border], before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days [beyond the prescribed period for the Feast of Booths], fourteen days in all.

Isaiah 27:12

In that day the Lord will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

Numbers 34:6-7

‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.

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