Deuteronomy 2:7
5 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
6 You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
- KJV
- For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
- WEB
- For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
- ASV
- For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
- DARBY
- for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
- BLB
- For YHWH your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; He knows your walking this vast wilderness these forty years. YHWH your God [has been] with you; you have not lacked a thing.
- ÅB
- for Herren din Gud har velsignet deg i alt det du har tatt deg fore, han har båret omsorg for deg på din vandring gjennom denne store ørken; i førti år har Herren din Gud nå vært med deg, du har ikke manglet noe.
- OTB
- For Herren deres Gud har velsignet dere i alt arbeidet med deres hender. Han har voktet over deres reise gjennom denne store ørkenen. Disse førti årene har Herren deres Gud vært med dere; dere har ikke manglet noe.
- B1930
- for Herren din Gud har velsignet dig i alt det du har tatt dig fore, han har båret omsorg for dig på din vandring gjennem denne store ørken; i firti år har Herren din Gud nu vært med dig, du har ikke manglet noget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 9:21
For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2–4
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 contextLuke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:5
For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
Read in contextPsalms 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
Read in contextGenesis 24:35
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
Read in contextJob 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Read in contextPsalms 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
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