Deuteronomy 29:6
4 Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
5 For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
8 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
- KJV
- Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
- WEB
- You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
- ASV
- Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- Bread you⁺ have not eaten, and wine and strong drink you⁺ have not drunk, so that you⁺ may know that I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- Brød fikk dere ikke å spise, og vin eller sterk drikk fikk dere ikke å drikke, for at dere skulle kjenne at jeg, Herren, er deres Gud.
- OTB
- Dere har ikke spist brød eller drukket vin eller annen gjæret drikk, for at dere skal vite at jeg er Herren deres Gud.
- B1930
- Brød fikk I ikke å ete, og vin eller sterk drikk fikk I ikke å drikke, forat I skulde kjenne at jeg, Herren, er eders Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Read in contextEphesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:15
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
Read in contextExodus 16:12
“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:4
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Read in contextNumbers 20:8
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:24–25
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
Read in context