Deuteronomy 11:2
1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
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,
3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto 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
I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:10
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2–5
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Read in contextProverbs 22:19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Read in contextActs 26:22
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:24
And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
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