Deuteronomy 29:6

Deuteronomy 29:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
• New International Version (NIV)You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or similar drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

Context of Deuteronomy 29:6

4But to this day the Lord hasn’t given you a mind that understands, eyes that see, or ears that hear. 5For 40 years I led you through the desert. During that time your clothes and shoes never wore out. You ate no bread and drank no wine or liquor. I did this so that you would know that I am the Lord your God. 7When you came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight us, but we defeated them. 8We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh as their property.

Deuteronomy 29:6 word by word

לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אֲכַלְתֶּ֔ם וְיַ֥יִן וְשֵׁכָ֖ר לֹ֣א שְׁתִיתֶ֑ם לְמַ֙עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have not eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• neither have ye drunkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• or strong drinkשֵׁכָרshêkâr · strong drinkH7941
• that ye might knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 29:6

• Deuteronomy 8:3So he made you suffer from hunger and then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had seen before. He did this to teach you that a person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that the Lord speaks.
• Exodus 16:12“I’ve heard the Israelites complaining. Tell them, ‘At dusk you will eat meat, and in the morning you will eat all the food you want. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”
• Nehemiah 9:15You gave them bread from heaven to satisfy their hunger and made water flow from a rock to quench their thirst. You told them to take possession of the land that you swore you would give them.
• Psalms 78:24He rained manna down on them to eat and gave them grain from heaven.
• Numbers 16:14Certainly you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us any fields and vineyards to own. Do you think you can still pull the wool over our eyes? We won’t come.”
• Numbers 20:8“Take your staff, then you and your brother Aaron gather the community. Right before their eyes, tell the rock to give up its water. In this way you will give the community water from the rock for them and their animals to drink.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training. They do it to win a temporary crown, but we do it to win one that will be permanent.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4and all of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them, and that rock was Christ.
• Ephesians 5:18Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye have not eaten bread, etc. - That is, ye have not been supported in an ordinary providential way; I have been continually working miracles for you, that ye might know that I am the Lord. Thus we find that God had furnished them with all the means of this knowledge, and that the means were ineffectual, not because they were not properly calculated to answer God's gracious purpose, but because the people were not workers with God; consequently they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6but he provided for you: This clause does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by its context.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. These are the words of the covenant--The discourse of Moses is continued, and the subject of that discourse was Israel's covenant with God, the privileges it conferred, and the obligations it imposed. beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb--It was substantially the same; but it was renewed now, in different circumstances. They had violated its conditions. Moses rehearses these, that they might have a better knowledge of its conditions and…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 29:6

• Abstinence, Total
• Covenant
• Government
• Israel
• Miracles
• Wine

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings