Deuteronomy 11:2
in Deuteronomy 11Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
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ASV
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,
KJV
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And know ... - Render it: And own ye this day (for I have not to do with your children which have not known and which have not seen) the chastisement of the Lord, his greatness, etc. The “chastisement” consisted in the many mighty acts, both of punishment and mercy, through which God had guided them from Egypt to the borders of the promised land.
This site's exposition
You shall therefore love the LORD your God
on Deuteronomy 11:1-3
Verse 2 divides the audience, for Moses speaks to the men who saw "the discipline of the LORD your God", not their children. The word rendered discipline carries teaching with correction, so what those men watched in Egypt was their schooling.
This site's exposition
the discipline of the LORD
The discipline of the LORD is spelled out in three phrases, from His greatness to His outstretched arm. Barnes reads the discipline as the whole run of mighty acts, punishment and mercy together, by which God led Israel from Egypt to the border. Hand and arm return together at 26:8.
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
He again confirms the preceding sentence; because they had been more than sufficiently taught by the illustrious acts of God, how great was His power and how remarkable His mercy toward themselves.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) they were kept from ruining themselves, particularly when those daring Reubenites defied the authority of Moses and headed a dangerous rebellion against God himself, which threatened the ruin of a whole nation, and might have ended in that if the divine power had not immediately crushed the rebellion by burying the rebels alive, them and all that was in their possession,
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And know you this day,.... Take notice of, and diligently attend unto, what is now about to be delivered: for I speak not unto your children which have not known, and which have not seen, the chastisement of the Lord your God; who have no knowledge and experience of the chastisement of the Lord on themselves, or on their foes or friends; and with whom the argument drawn from it could not come with that force, and make that impression, as it might be thought it would, being used with them who had perfect knowledge of it.
Note, God's mercies to us when we were young we should remember and retain the impressions of when we are old; what our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, has affected us, and should be improved by us long after. They had seen what terrible judgments God had executed upon the enemies of Israel's peace, 1.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
I speak not with your children which have not known . . . But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did--Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny of Pharaoh, as well as those which had taken place in the wilderness.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
AND THOU SHALT KEEP HIS CHARGE — to fear Him, that you be heedful of sinning against Him. For after enjoining them concerning the love of G-d, 272 At the beginning of this verse: And thou shalt love the Eternal thy G-d.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וִֽידַעְתֶּם֮ | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַיּוֹם֒ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵיכֶ֗ם | beneikhem | children your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדְעוּ֙ | yadeu | they have known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר | vaasher | and who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| רָא֔וּ | rau | they have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מוּסַ֖ר | musar | [the] training of | H4148 → | |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גָּדְל֕וֹ | gadelo | greatness his | H1433 → | 13 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדוֹ֙ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַחֲזָקָ֔ה | hachazakah | <the> mighty | H2389 → | 56 times |
| וּזְרֹע֖וֹ | uzeroo | and arm his | H2220 → | 91 times |
| הַנְּטוּיָֽה׃ | hanetuyah | <the> outstretched | H5186 → | 214 times |
וִֽידַעְתֶּם֮and you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
הַיּוֹם֒this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
כִּ֣י׀that
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵיכֶ֗םchildren your
beneikhemH1121 →4930 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָדְעוּ֙they have known
yadeuH3045 →945 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֣רand who
vaasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
רָא֔וּthey have seen
rauH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מוּסַ֖ר[the] training of
musarH4148 →
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גָּדְל֕וֹgreatness his
gadeloH1433 →13 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדוֹ֙hand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
הַחֲזָקָ֔ה<the> mighty
hachazakahH2389 →56 times
וּזְרֹע֖וֹand arm his
uzerooH2220 →91 times
הַנְּטוּיָֽה׃<the> outstretched
hanetuyahH5186 →214 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 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the…
- Exodus 6:6
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
- Deuteronomy 7:19
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same…
- Deuteronomy 7:8–9
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Through
Deuteronomy 7:19the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Through
Deuteronomy 5:24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live…
it leads to
- Exodus 19:19
And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- Deuteronomy 4:33
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Exodus 19:19
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; 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.