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Deuteronomy 8:5

Parents and childrenTrials and adversityGod's love

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.

4 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

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BSB
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
KJV
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
WEB
You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
ASV
And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.
DARBY
And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
BLB
And you shall know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, YHWH your God disciplines you.
ÅB
Så forstå da i ditt hjerte at slik som en mann opptukter sin sønn, slik opptuktet Herren din Gud deg,
OTB
Forstå da i ditt hjerte at Herren din Gud tukter deg slik en mann tukter sin sønn.
B1930
Så forstå da i ditt hjerte at likesom en mann optukter sin sønn, således optuktet Herren din Gud dig,

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