Deuteronomy 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.”

Deuteronomy 8:5 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 8:5 in Context — Deuteronomy 8

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

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

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 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;

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What Does Deuteronomy 8:5 Mean?

Deuteronomy 8:5 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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