Deuteronomy 8:15

Deuteronomy 8:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
• New International Version (NIV)He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,
• New King James Version (NKJV)who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;

Context of Deuteronomy 8:15

13and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases, 14be careful that your heart doesn’t become proud and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you. 16He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper. 17You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

Deuteronomy 8:15 word by word

הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜ בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר׀ הַגָּדֹ֣ל וְהַנּוֹרָ֗א נָחָ֤שׁ׀ שָׂרָף֙ וְעַקְרָ֔ב וְצִמָּא֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־מָ֑יִם הַמּוֹצִ֤יא לְךָ֙ מַ֔יִם מִצּ֖וּר הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who ledיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• thee through that greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and terribleיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• fieryשָׂרָףώârâph · serpentH8314
• serpentsנָחָשׁnâchâsh · serpentH5175
• and scorpionsעַקְרָב‛aqrâb · scorpionH6137
• and droughtצִמָּאוֹןtsimmâ'ôn · thirsty groundH6774
• no waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• who brought thee forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318
• out of the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• of flintחַלָּמִישׁchallâmîysh · flintH2496

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 8:15

• Deuteronomy 1:19“We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
• Psalms 136:16He led his people in the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.
• Isaiah 63:12He made his glorious strength available at the right hand of Moses, divided the water before them to make an eternal name for himself,
• Jeremiah 2:6They stopped asking, “Where is the Lord who brought us from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, through a land of drought and darkness, a land no one traveled through and where no one lived?”
• Numbers 21:6Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
• Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
• Exodus 17:5The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.
• Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
• Psalms 78:15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.
• Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert.
• Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a spring.
• Isaiah 35:7the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land, springs. In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs, there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Who led thee through that - terrible wilderness - See the account of their journeying in the notes, Exodus 16:1; (note), etc.; Numbers 21 (note), etc. Fiery serpents - Serpents whose bite occasioned a most violent inflammation, accompanied with an unquenchable thirst, and which terminated in death. See on Numbers 21:6; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Render: “Who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and the dry land where are no waters.” On the fiery serpents see Numbers 21:6 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 Moses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against the temptations of a prosperous condition. When men possess large estates, or are engaged in profitable business, they find the temptation to pride, forgetfulness of God, and carnal-mindedness, very strong; and they are anxious and troubled about many things. In this the believing poor have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15water from the rock: See Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:2–13; see also Deuteronomy 1:37.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2011-20. Beware that thou forget not the Lord--After mentioning those instances of the divine goodness, Moses founded on them an argument for their future obedience.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 8:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Animals
• Blessing
• Desert
• Flint
• Prosperity
• Riches
• Rock
• Scorpion
• Serpent

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings