Deuteronomy 29:5
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- KJV
- And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
- WEB
- I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet.
- ASV
- And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.
- DARBY
- And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;
- BLB
- And I have led you⁺ forty years in the wilderness; your⁺ garments have not worn out from you⁺, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
- ÅB
- Jeg lot dere vandre førti år i ørkenen; deres klær ble ikke utslitt, og skoen ble ikke utslitt på din fot.
- OTB
- Jeg har ledet dere gjennom ørkenen i førti år; klærne deres ble ikke utslitt på dere, heller ikke sandalene på føttene deres.
- B1930
- Jeg lot eder vandre firti år i ørkenen; eders klær blev ikke utslitt, og skoen blev ikke utslitt på din fot.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 8:4
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:21
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
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 contextDeuteronomy 1:3
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Read in contextMatthew 10:10
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Read in contextMatthew 6:31–32
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Read in contextJoshua 9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Read in contextJoshua 9:5
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
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