Deuteronomy 8:7
5 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.
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;
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
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.
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- BSB
- 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;
- KJV
- For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
- WEB
- For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
- ASV
- For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
- DARBY
- For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;
- BLB
- For YHWH your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs flowing out of valleys and hills;
- ÅB
- Når Herren din Gud fører deg inn i et godt land, et land med rinnende bekker, med kilder og dype vann, som veller fram i dalene og på fjellene,
- OTB
- For Herren din Gud fører deg inn i et godt land, et land med bekker, kilder og vannårer, som flyter fram i daler og på høyder;
- B1930
- Når Herren din Gud fører dig inn i et godt land, et land med rinnende bekker, med kilder og dype vann, som veller frem i dalene og på fjellene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 11:9–12
and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read in contextExodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–13
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:10–11
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:24–25
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
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