Deuteronomy 33:25

Iron and copper shall be thy bolts; and as thy [younger] days so shall thy old age be.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

In Context

24And of Asher he said, More than [all] the children be Asher blessed: he shall be the most favored of his brethren, and bathe his foot in oil.

26There is none like unto the God of Yeshurun, who rideth to help thee upon the heavens, and in his excellency upon the skies.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:9A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, wherein thou shalt not lack anything; a land the stones whereof are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou canst hew copper.

Joshua 14:11I am yet this day as strong as I was on the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out, and to come in.

Psalms 138:3On the day when I called didst thou answer me, and raise me up with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 40:31Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:23-26

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord : possess thou the west and the south. 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Here is, I. The blessing of Dan, v. 22 . Jacob in his blessing had compared him to a… Read the whole commentary →

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