Deuteronomy 11:2
1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
3 the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;
4 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
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
- Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
- KJV
- And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
- WEB
- Know this day—for I don’t speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm,
- ASV
- And know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,
- DARBY
- And know ye this day ; for [I speak] not with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his powerful hand, and his stretched-out arm,
- BLB
- And know today that [it is] not your⁺ children who have known, and who have seen the discipline of YHWH your⁺ God, His greatness, and His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,
- ÅB
- Og dere skal idag - for det er ikke deres barn jeg taler med, de som ikke kjenner det og ikke har sett det - komme I hu Herrens, deres Guds opptuktelse, hans storhet, hans sterke hånd og hans utrakte arm
- OTB
- Vit i dag at det ikke er med deres barn jeg taler, de som ikke har kjent og ikke har sett Herrens, deres Guds tukt—Hans storhet, Hans mektige hånd og Hans utstrakte arm,
- B1930
- Og I skal idag - for det er ikke eders barn jeg taler med, de som ikke kjenner det og ikke har sett det - komme I hu Herrens, eders Guds optuktelse, hans storhet, hans sterke hånd og hans utrakte arm
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 9:26
And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:10
All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2–5
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Read in contextProverbs 22:19
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
Read in contextActs 26:22
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:24
and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:19
If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
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