Deuteronomy 8:8

Deuteronomy 8:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
• English Standard Version (ESV)a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
• New King James Version (NKJV)a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;
• New Living Translation (NLT)It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.

Context of Deuteronomy 8:8

6Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

Deuteronomy 8:8 word by word

אֶ֤רֶץ חִטָּה֙ וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה וְגֶ֥פֶן וּתְאֵנָ֖ה וְרִמּ֑וֹן אֶֽרֶץ־זֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶן וּדְבָֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184
• and vinesגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• and fig treesתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
• and pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• of oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• and honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 8:8

• Deuteronomy 32:14with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
• 2 Samuel 4:6They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
• 1 Kings 5:11and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year.
• Psalms 81:16But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• Psalms 147:14He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
• Ezekiel 27:17“ ‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections, honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.
• 2 Chronicles 2:10I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”
• John 6:9“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
• Isaiah 7:23In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.
• Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvests and food, devour your sons and daughters; they will devour your flocks and herds, devour your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.
• Hosea 2:8She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.
• Micah 4:4Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8A land of wheat, etc. - On the subject of this verse I shall introduce the following remarks, which I find in Mr. Harmer's Observations on the Fertility of the Land of Judea, vol. iii., p. 243. "Hasselquist tells us that he ate olives at Joppa (upon his first arrival in the Holy Land) which were said to grow on the Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem; and that, independently of their oiliness, they were of the best kind he had tasted in the Levant. As olives…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 See Exodus 3:8 note, and the contrast expressed in Deuteronomy 11:10-11, between Palestine and Egypt. The physical characteristics and advantages of a country like Palestine must have been quite strange to Israel at the time Moses was speaking: compare Deuteronomy 3:25 note. To have praised the fertility and excellence of the promised land at an earlier period would have increased the murmurings and impatience of the people at being detained in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20After Israel settled in the land, they might begin to think that their success came from their own strength and skill. This is a common human tendency. Moses warned them not to become proud or congratulate themselves. They must remember that God alone gives prosperity and success. All that they achieve comes from him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. A land of wheat, and barley--These cereal fruits were specially promised to the Israelites in the event of their faithful allegiance to the covenant of God (Psa 81:16; 147:14). The wheat and barley were so abundant as to yield sixty and often an hundredfold (Ge 26:12; Mt 13:8). vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates--The limestone rocks and abrupt valleys were entirely covered, as traces of them still show, with plantations of figs, vines, and olive…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 8:8

• Barley
• Blessing
• Canaan
• Fig
• Honey
• Olive

In the dictionaries

• Oil, Olive
• Barley
• Fig
• Olivetree
• Palestine
• Pomegranate
• Raiment
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Food
• Honey

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