who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
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who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
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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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who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 8:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 20:11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
- Numbers 21:6 Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
- Deuteronomy 1:19 We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
- Psalms 114:8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
- Jeremiah 2:6 They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who 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 one passed through, and where no man lived?’
- Psalms 78:15-16 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
- Isaiah 63:12-14 Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble? As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
- Hosea 13:5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
- Exodus 17:5-6 Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Psalms 105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
- Psalms 136:16 to him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Isaiah 35:7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
- Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 8:15 Who led thee through that great and…
Deu 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;
Ver. 15. Who led thee through, &c.] Good turns aggravate unkindnesses, and our offences are increased by our obligations.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna,.... Even…
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna,.... Even all the forty years they were in it, Exo 16:35 which thy fathers knew not; when they first saw it, Exo 16:15.
that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee; they were kept humble, being dependent on God for their daily bread, having nothing in the wilderness to support themselves with; and this tried them, whether they would trust in God for their daily supply, and be thankful for it, or not:
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to do thee good at thy latter end; that by living on such light bread, and this only and continually, his goodness might appear the greater, and be the sweeter to them, when they came into a land abounding with all good things; which is not to be understood of the latter end and last days of their commonwealth, as our version, with the Septuagint, Samaritan, Arabic versions, and others, and the Targum of Onkelos; but of time following nearer, and the phrase should be rendered "hereafter" (y); which better agrees with the promise of a divine blessing; though, come when it would, it was the more acceptable for the trial; as heaven will be the sweeter to the saints, through the afflictions, hardships, straits, and difficulties, which attend them here.
(y) "tandem", Tigurine version, Vatablus, Piscator; "posthac", Noldius, p. 180. No. 807.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Who led thee through that - terrible…
Verse 15. Who led thee through that - terrible wilderness] See the account of their journeying in the notes, See Clarke on Ex 16:1, c. Nu 21:10-35, &c.
Fiery serpents] Serpents whose bite occasioned a most violent inflammation, accompanied with an unquenchable thirst, and which terminated in death. See Clarke on Nu 21:6.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Render: “Who brought thee through that great and terrible…
Render: “Who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and the dry land where are no waters.” On the fiery serpents see Num 21:6 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Breath. Hebrew saraphh, or the basilisk, as it is…
Breath. Hebrew saraphh, or the basilisk, as it is rendered, Isaias xxx. 6. It destroys both the grass and animals, by the burning infection of its breath. (Galen; Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 19. See Numbers xxi. 6. (Tirinus) --- Scorpion stings with its tail. --- Dipsas. A serpent whose bite causeth a violent thirst: from whence it has its name; for in Greek, dipsa signifies thirst. (Challoner) --- It is impossible to quench this thirst, (Worthington) and those who are bitten by this serpent can discharge no water. (Calmet) --- They drink till they burst, unless they can procure some treacle, or remedy against the poison. (Dioscorides) (Tirinus) --- Some translate the Hebrew, "scorpions, and (at the place of) drought, where there was no water: he brought," &c., whether Tsommaon be the name of a particular place, (Isaias xxxv. 7.; Onkelos; Calmet) or it may be applied to the greatest part of that desert, where the want of water so often occasioned the murmurs of the people. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,…
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions--Large and venomous reptiles are found in great numbers there still, particularly in autumn. Travellers must use great caution in arranging their tents and beds at night; even during the day the legs not only of men, but of the animals they ride, are liable to be bitten.
who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint--(See on Deu 9:21).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Who led thee — This passage is better…
15. Who led thee — This passage is better rendered, “Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, poisonous serpents, and scorpions, and parched land, where were no waters.” Even in such a land they were the objects of a providential care. Bread from heaven, water from the rock, had supplied their wants.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. great and terrible wilderness] Deu_1:19 : cp. Deu_7:21.
15. great and terrible wilderness] Deu_1:19 : cp. Deu_7:21.
fiery serpents and scorpions] The former, in the collective singular naḥash sarapḥ, are described in the plural in Num_21:6 E: cp. Isa_30:6 : the flying saraph. If saraph really means burning and is not a foreign word (for dragon or the like), it refers to the inflammation produced by the serpent’s bite. Scorpions is added characteristically by D.
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out of the rock of flint] Exo_17:6 (E): Num_20:8; Num_20:11 (JE): in both cases only the rock. D’s characteristic rhetoric adds of flint. The word does not occur before D, and elsewhere only in Deu_32:13; Psa_114:8; Job_28:9; Isa_50:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) The rock of flint.—The rock in Horeb is…
(15) The rock of flint.—The rock in Horeb is called tsûr; the rock smitten in Kadesh, selagh. The first word conveys the idea of “hardness”; the other is rather a “cliff,” or “height,” and suggests the idea of inaccessibility. In Num_20:10, the words of Moses to the rebels, “Must we fetch you water out of this rock?” seem to help the distinction, whatever its purpose may be. On the associations of the word tsûr with flint, see Note on Jos_5:2. The word challâmîsh, here used for flint, occurs in Deu_32:13, Job_28:9, Psa_114:8 (an allusion to this passage), and Isa_1:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,…
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, etc. "The fiery serpent" and "the scorpion" (sing.) are in apposition to the "wilderness," and illustrate its terribleness. Fiery serpents ufeiv touv qanatounsav LXX or burning serpents, so called from the burning pain caused by their bite; probably the cerastes, or one of the naja species (cf. Num_21:6)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues to speak to the Israelites as if they are one person. (See: Forms of You)
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who led you ... in the end
Moses continues to remind the Israelites of what they know about Yahweh (Deuteronomy 8:14). (See: Distinguishing versus Informing or Reminding)
who led ... who brought ... He fed
"Yahweh, who led ... Yahweh, who brought ... Yahweh fed"
fiery serpents
"poisonous snakes"
thirsty ground
This phrase describes the ground as being thirsty just like a person is thirsty when he needs water. AT: "dry ground" (See: Personification)
to do you good
"to help you" or "because it would be good for you"
but you may say in your heart
This is the third thing the people might do when their hearts "become lifted up" and they "forget Yahweh" (Deuteronomy 8:14). Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's innermost thoughts. AT: "but you may think to yourself" (See: Metonymy)
My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth
Here "hand" refers to a man's power or ability. AT: "I got this wealth because I am so strong and powerful" or "I have acquired all these things by my own power and ability" (See: Metonymy)
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desert
serpent
power
might
hand
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:15 water from the rock! See Exod 17:6; Num…
8:15 water from the rock! See Exod 17:6; Num 20:2-13; see also Deut 1:37.
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