Deuteronomy 8:9

a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want anything upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

In Context

8a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

10And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless the Lord thy God on the good land, which he has given thee.

Read all of Deuteronomy 8

Cross References

Joshua 22:8And they departed with much wealth to their houses, and they divided the spoil of their enemies with their brethren; very much cattle, and silver, and gold, and iron, and much raiment.

1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gates; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it.

Job 28:2For iron comes out of the earth, 1 And brass is hewn out like stone. 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:2-10

A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 8:9