Deuteronomy 11:10
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
- KJV
- For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
- WEB
- For the land, where you go in to possess isn’t like the land of Egypt that you came out of, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
- ASV
- For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;
- DARBY
- For the land, whither thou enterest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;
- BLB
- For the land that you are going in to possess, it is not like the land of Egypt, where you⁺ have come from, where you sowed your seed and watered [it] by foot as for a garden of herbs.
- ÅB
- For det land du kommer inn i og skal ta i eie, er ikke som Egypt, som dere dro ut fra, hvor du sådde din sæd og så vannet jorden med din fot som en kålhave.
- OTB
- For det landet dere går inn for å ta i eie, er ikke som landet Egypt, som dere kom fra, der dere sådde deres frø og vannet det med foten som i en grønnsakshage.
- B1930
- For det land du kommer inn i og skal ta i eie, er ikke som Egyptens land, som I drog ut fra, hvor du sådde din sæd og så vannet jorden med din fot som en kålhave.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 14:18
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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