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 very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! 5I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated. You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might 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 make war and we defeated them. 8Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

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 humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord’s mouth.
• Exodus 16:12“I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’”
• Nehemiah 9:15You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
• Psalms 78:24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.
• Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”
• Numbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:25Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
• Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by 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