KJV King James Version
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
WEB World English Bible
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
ASV American Standard Version
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness—burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst—where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 8
12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];
13 And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר׀H4057 · mid.barmouthהַגָּדֹ֣לH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוְהַנּוֹרָ֗אH3372 · ya.reto fearנָחָ֤שׁ׀H5175 · na.chashserpentשָׂרָף֙H8314 · sa.raphserpentוְעַקְרָ֔בH6137 · aq.ravscorpionוְצִמָּא֖וֹןH6774 · tsim.ma.onparchedאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵֽין־H369 · a.yinnothingמָ֑יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterהַמּוֹצִ֤יאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouמַ֔יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterמִצּ֖וּרH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃H2496 · chal.la.mishflint
Cross-references
Numbers 21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.Numbers 20:11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].Jeremiah 2:6Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?Deuteronomy 1:19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.Psalm 114:8Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.1 Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.Psalm 78:15-16He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.Isaiah 63:12-14That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?Hosea 13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.Psalm 105:41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.Exodus 17:5-6And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.Isaiah 35:7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes.Psalm 136:16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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