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Deuteronomy 8:4

God's faithfulnessProtection and safety

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.

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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BSB
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
KJV
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
WEB
Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
ASV
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
DARBY
Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
BLB
Your garments did not wear out from you, and your foot did not swell this forty years.
ÅB
Dine klær ble ikke utslitt på deg, og din fot ble ikke hoven i disse førti år.
OTB
Dine klær ble ikke utslitt, og dine føtter hovnet ikke opp i disse førti årene.
B1930
Dine klær blev ikke utslitt på dig, og din fot blev ikke hoven i disse firti år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:5

    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.

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