Deuteronomy 29:3
in Deuteronomy 29You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:
KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe great temptations which thine eyes have seen,.... Or trials, the ten plagues which tried the Egyptians, whether they would let Israel go; and tried the Israelites, whether they would believe in the Lord, and trust in his almighty power to deliver them: the signs and those great miracles: as the said plagues were such as were beyond the power of nature to produce, and which only Omnipotence could really effect.
This site's exposition
the words of the covenant
on Deuteronomy 29:1-3
Hebrew Bibles number verse 1 as the closing verse of chapter 28, so the line that opens this chapter in English ends the curses there instead. Moses calls what follows a covenant made in the land of Moab beside the covenant made in Horeb, which makes it a fresh ratification of the same agreement rather than a second set of terms. Verses 2 and 3 appeal to what the hearers saw in Egypt, though Numbers 14:29-30 and Deuteronomy 2:14-16 have that generation dead in the wilderness, and the book speaks to the nation as one body across its generations.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The amazing signs and miracles by which Pharaoh was plagued and compelled to dismiss them, and Israel was tried (for they are called temptations ) whether they would trust God to secure them from, and save them by, those plagues.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמַּסּוֹת֙ | hamasot | the trials | H4531 → | 4 times |
| הַגְּדֹלֹ֔ת | hagedolot | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָא֖וּ | rau | they saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֵינֶ֑יךָ | ʾeineikha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| הָאֹתֹ֧ת | haotot | the signs | H226 → | 80 times |
| וְהַמֹּפְתִ֛ים | vehamofetim | and the wonders | H4159 → | 36 times |
| הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים | hagedolim | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| הָהֵֽם׃ | hahem | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
הַמַּסּוֹת֙the trials
hamasotH4531 →4 times
הַגְּדֹלֹ֔ת<the> great
hagedolotH1419 →526 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָא֖וּthey saw
rauH7200 →1300 times
עֵינֶ֑יךָeyes your
ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times
הָאֹתֹ֧תthe signs
haototH226 →80 times
וְהַמֹּפְתִ֛יםand the wonders
vehamofetimH4159 →36 times
הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים<the> great
hagedolimH1419 →526 times
הָהֵֽם׃<the> those
hahemH1992 →553 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.