Deuteronomy 8:15

God's faithfulness Protection and safety

¹³ and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

¹⁴ then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

¹⁶ He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

¹⁷ You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
KJV: Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
WEB: who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
ASV: who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
DARBY: who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [a wilderness of] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
BLB: who led you in the great and the terrible wilderness, [with] fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the rock of flint;

ÅB: han som ledet deg i den store og forferdelige ørken blant giftige slanger og skorpioner og på tørre ødemarker, hvor det ikke fantes vann, han som lot vann strømme ut for deg av den hårde klippe,
OTB: Han ledet deg gjennom den store og fryktelige ørkenen, med dens brennende slanger og skorpioner, og dens tørste jord hvor det ikke var vann; Han brakte vann for deg ut av flintklippen.
B1930: han som ledet dig i den store og forferdelige ørken blandt giftige slanger og skorpioner og på tørre ødemarker, hvor det ikke fantes vann, han som lot vann strømme ut for dig av den hårde klippe,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
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Numbers 21:6
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
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Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
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Isaiah 63:12–14
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
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Hosea 13:5
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
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Psalms 114:8
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
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Deuteronomy 1:19
And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
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Psalms 78:15–16
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
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