Deuteronomy 29:5
in Deuteronomy 29For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.
KJV
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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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness,.... From the time of their coming out of Egypt unto that day, which though not quite complete, is given as a round number.
This site's exposition
I have led you forty years
on Deuteronomy 29:5-6
The clothes that did not wear out and the shoe that did not wear out were said already at 8:4, and Nehemiah 9:21 recites them again inside a prayer of confession. Verse 6 states the other half of the same provision, no bread and no wine or strong drink for forty years, which leaves manna and water from the rock as the whole diet. The purpose given is knowledge, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God, so the point of the shortage was who supplied it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
11 ), never wore out, but served them to Canaan: and though they lived not upon bread which strengthens the heart, and wine which rejoices it, but upon manna and rock-water, yet they were men of strength and courage, mighty men, and able to go forth to war. By these miracles they were made to know that the Lord was God, and by these mercies that he was their God.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Your clothes are not waxen old - See on Deu 8:4 (note).
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ | vaolekh | and I led | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֛ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בָל֤וּ | valu | they wore out | H1086 → | 15 times |
| שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ | salmoteikhem | clothes your | H8008 → | |
| מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | mealeikhem | from on <the> you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥ | venaalkha | and sandal your | H5275 → | 22 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בָלְתָ֖ה | valtah | it wore out | H1086 → | 15 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רַגְלֶֽךָ׃ | raglekha | foot your | H7272 → | 247 times |
וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְand I led
vaolekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶתְכֶ֛ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
בָל֤וּthey wore out
valuH1086 →15 times
שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙clothes your
salmoteikhemH8008 →
מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֔םfrom on <the> you
mealeikhemH5921 →5755 times
וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥and sandal your
venaalkhaH5275 →22 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
בָלְתָ֖הit wore out
valtahH1086 →15 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
רַגְלֶֽךָ׃foot your
raglekhaH7272 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
it leads to
- James 1:3
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 8:16
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.
- 1 Peter 1:7
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I…
- James 1:3
Through
Deuteronomy 8:4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:21
For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
- Nehemiah 9:21
Through
Nehemiah 9:21For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 8:4
Through
Deuteronomy 1:3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:38
At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
- Numbers 33:38
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.