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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 2:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
De 2:4	Strong Concordance	And command [06680] thou the people [05971], saying [0559], Ye are to pass [05674] through the coast [01366] of your brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwell [03427] in Seir [08165]; and they shall be afraid [03372] of you: take ye good [03966] heed [08104] unto yourselves therefore:
	King James	And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir . . . shall be afraid of you--The same people who had haughtily repelled the approach of the Israelites from the western frontier were alarmed now that they had come round upon the weak side of their country.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir . . . shall be afraid of you--The same people who had haughtily repelled the approach of the Israelites from the western frontier were alarmed now that they had come round upon the weak side of their country.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Compare the marginal reference. Though the Edomites resisted the passage through the midst of their land, they did not, and probably could not, oppose the "passing through the coast" or along their eastern frontier.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Compare the marginal reference. Though the Edomites resisted the passage through the midst of their land, they did not, and probably could not, oppose the "passing through the coast" or along their eastern frontier.

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