27 "Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 2:27

King James Version

27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

English Standard Version

27 'Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.

The Message

27 "Let me cross through your land on the highway. I'll stay right on the highway; I won't trespass right or left.

New King James Version

27 'Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.

New Living Translation

27 'Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won't turn off into the fields on either side.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:27

Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:24-37

(Read Deuteronomy 2:24-37)

God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land should be their own, yet they must contend with the enemy. What God gives we must endeavour to get. What a new world did Israel now come into! Much more joyful will the change be, which holy souls will experience, when they remove out of the wilderness of this world to the better country, that is, the heavenly, to the city that has foundations. Let us, by reflecting upon God's dealings with his people Israel, be led to meditate upon our years spent in vanity, through our transgressions. But happy are those whom Jesus has delivered from the wrath to come. To whom he hath given the earnest of his Spirit in their hearts. Their inheritance cannot be affected by revolutions of kingdoms, or changes in earthly possessions.

11 Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 17:11

King James Version

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

English Standard Version

11 According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

The Message

11 Follow their instructions precisely: Don't leave out anything; don't add anything.

New King James Version

11 According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they pronounce upon you.

New Living Translation

11 After they have interpreted the law and declared their verdict, the sentence they impose must be fully executed; do not modify it in any way.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:11

Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:8-13

(Read Deuteronomy 17:8-13)

Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage of a Divine promise.