Deuteronomy 11:7
in Deuteronomy 11For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
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ASV
but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did.
KJV
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab
on Deuteronomy 11:6-7
Numbers 16 is the account, and there Korah leads the revolt with Dathan and Abiram. This verse names the two Reubenites and their households and leaves Korah out. Numbers 26:11 records that "the line of Korah did not die out".
This site's exposition
your own eyes that have
Verse 7 grounds the charge that opens verse 8. Moses warned these hearers at 4:9 against forgetting what their eyes had seen. At 29:4 he says the LORD had yet to give them a mind to understand, eyes to see and ears to hear.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
BonaventureCollationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 1 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
The authority of the one commanding ought to move us to observe the commandments of God, because by His great power He creates us. "Your eyes have seen all the great works of God, which He did, that you might keep His commandments."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did; Even all before related, with many others; and therefore the instruction they should learn from thence should be as follows.
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.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ | ʾeineikhem | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת | haroot | [are] the [ones which] saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הַגָּדֹ֑ל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָֽׂה׃ | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙eyes your
ʾeineikhemH5869 →887 times
הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת[are] the [ones which] saw
harootH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הַגָּדֹ֑ל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָֽׂה׃he did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 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
Psalms 150:2Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:24
“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
- Jeremiah 32:17–19
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Psalms 145:3
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 145:5–6
the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- Revelation 15:3–4
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Deuteronomy 3:24
Through
Psalms 145:12to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
it leads to
- Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Psalms 105:1
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Revelation 12:10
Through
Psalms 106:2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:19
and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Ephesians 1:19
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bonaventure, Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.