Beyond the sea: or “on the other side of the ocean” (Good News Translation), or “across the sea” (Contemporary English Version). This is another way of referring to some distant land.

The question here is similar to that in the previous verses and is used for the same purpose.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .