Deuteronomy 8:7

Translations

Modern

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Traditional

For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

Literal

For YHWH your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs flowing out of valleys and hills;

Latin

Dominus enim Deus tuus introducet te in terram bonam, terram rivorum, aquarumque et fontium, in cujus campis et montibus erumpunt fluviorum abyssi:

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Hebrew

English

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Notes

Deuteronomy 8:1–20

After Israel settled in the land, they might begin to think that their success came from their own strength and skill. This is a common human tendency.

Moses warned them not to become proud or congratulate themselves. They must remember that God alone gives prosperity and success. All that they achieve comes from him.

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Related verses

Deuteronomy 11:9–12
…and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
Deuteronomy 6:10–11
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
Psalm 65:9–13
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Nehemiah 9:24–25
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

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Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Feasts and Festivals of Israel Harvest

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: Soil of Canaan Suited To Blessing: Temporal, from God Brooks: Canaan Abounded With Canaan: Land of Fertility of Fountains and Springs: Abound in Canaan Fountains and Springs: Found in Hills and Valleys Holy Land: Extremely Fruitful Mountains are the Sources of Springs and Rivers Valleys: Abounded With: Fountains and Springs

Deuteronomy 8:7

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