Deuteronomy 8:4 BSB

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

KJV

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy raiment waxed not old, etc. - The plain meaning of this much-tortured text appears to me to be this: “God so amply provided for them all the necessaries of life, that they never were obliged to wear tattered garments, nor were their feet injured for lack of shoes or sandals.” If they had carvers, engravers, silversmiths, and jewelers among them, as plainly appears from the account we have of the tabernacle and its utensils, is it to be wondered at if they also had habit and sandal makers, etc., etc., as we are certain they had weavers, embroiderers, and such like?

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the strong and pointed terms which Moses here uses (see also De 29:5) indicate a special or miraculous interposition of their loving Guardian in preserving them amid the wear and tear of their nomadic life in the desert. Thirdly, Moses expatiated on the goodness of the promised land.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜	sim.La.te.kha	clothing your	H8071 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
בָֽלְתָה֙	val.Tah	it wore out	H1086 →
מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ	me.'a.Lei.kha	from on <the> you	H5921 →
וְרַגְלְךָ֖	ve.rag.le.Kha	and foot your	H7272 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
בָצֵ֑קָה	va.Tze.kah	it swelled	H1216 →
זֶ֖ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Through
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.
leads to
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 29:5
  For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Psalms 34:10
  Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Through
Deuteronomy 29:5
For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
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.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
  Remember 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…
- Matthew 6:31–32
  Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
- Deuteronomy 1:3
  In 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.
- Matthew 10:10
  Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Deuteronomy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Deuteronomy