King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me : and we compassed mount Seir many days.

KJVu: 1 "Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spoke to me , and we circled mount Seir many days.

Notes: "Compassed" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5437 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs definition of "go partly round, circle about, skirt, with accusative (land) Numbers 21:4 (JE) Judges 11:18, also Deuteronomy 2:1,3; of rivers Genesis 2:11,13."

KJV:   2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

KJVu: 2 The LORD spoke to me, saying,

KJV:   3 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn YOU northward.

KJVu: 3 YOU have circled this mountain long enough ; turn northward.

KJV:   4 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:

KJVu: 4 Command the people, saying, "YOU are to pass through the territory of YOUR brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of YOU; therefore, take care to watch yourselves.

KJV:   5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give YOU of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

KJVu: 5 Do not meddle with them; for I will not give to YOU their land, no, not so much as the sole of your foot; because I have given mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

Notes: "Breadth" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3709 with a Strong’s definition of "branch, + foot, hand-ful), -dle, (-led, hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon ."

KJV:   6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

KJVu: 6 YOU shall buy food from them with money, so that YOU may eat; and YOU shall also buy water from them with money, that YOU may drink.

KJV:   7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand : he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness : these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

KJVu: 7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hand ; he knows your journey through this great wilderness ; these 40 years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing. " '

Notes: "Walking" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3212 with a Strong’s definition of "X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one’s way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away -journey, vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak."

KJV:   8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

KJVu: 8 So when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

KJV:   9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of their land for a possession ; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

KJVu: 9 Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not assault the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle , for I will not give you any of their land for a possession , because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession. ' "

Notes: "Distress" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H6696 with a Strong’s definition of "adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags ."

KJV:   10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims ;

KJVu: 10 The Emims had dwelt there in times past, a people who were great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims .

KJV:   11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims ; but the Moabites call them Emims.

KJVu: 11 Who also were considered giants, as the Anakims , but the Moabites call them Emims.

Notes: "Accounted" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2803 with a Strong’s definition of " (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think."

KJV:   12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

KJVu: 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir formerly, but the children of Esau drove them out, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which the LORD gave to them.

Notes:

KJV:   13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

KJVu: 13 Now rise up, and YOU go over the brook Zered. ' So we went over the brook Zered.

KJV:   14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years ; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

KJVu: 14 And the time in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we went over the brook Zered, was 38 years , until all the generation of the men of war had perished from among the camp, as the LORD swore to them.

Notes: "Space" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3117 with a Strong’s definition of " age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as ( live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger."

KJV:   15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

KJVu: 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the camp, until they all perished.