KJV King James Version
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
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Deuteronomy 2:7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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 forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
WEB World English Bible
For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
ASV American Standard Version
For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God is with thee; thou hast not lacked anything.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 2
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּי֩H3588 · kiforיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodבֵּֽרַכְךָ֗H1288 · ba.rakhto blessבְּכֹל֙H3605 · kolallמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדֶ֔ךָH3027 · yadhandיָדַ֣עH3045 · ya.dato knowלֶכְתְּךָ֔H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּדְבָּ֥רH4057 · mid.barmouthהַגָּדֹ֖לH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeהַזֶּ֑הH2088 · zehthisזֶ֣ה׀H2088 · zehthisאַרְבָּעִ֣יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyשָׁנָ֗הH8141 · sha.nehyearיְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙H430 · e.lo.himGodעִמָּ֔ךְH5973 · imwithלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotחָסַ֖רְתָּH2637 · cha.serto lackדָּבָֽר׃H1697 · da.varword
Cross-references
Luke 22:35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.Nehemiah 9:21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.Deuteronomy 8:2-4And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Deuteronomy 29:5And 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.Psalm 90:17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.Psalm 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:Genesis 24:35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.Genesis 30:27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.Psalm 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.Genesis 39:5And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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