They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
- BSB seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
- NKJV They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
- NASB So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.
- NLT from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
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- Deut 2:36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.
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