Deuteronomy 8:5

And know thou with thy heart, that as a man instructeth his son, (so) the Lord thy God instructeth thee.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Thy raiment faded not away from thee, and thy shoes wore not out these forty years;

6Keep then the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in the ways which are right before Him, to fear Him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen that the Lord thy God carrieth thee, as a man carrieth his child, in all the way you have journeyed until your coming to this place.

Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which He hath concluded with you, and you make an image for you, the likeness of anything about which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

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 →

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