Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein,—a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, and vine and fig-tree, and pomegranate,—a land of olive oil, and honey:

10So then thou shalt eat and be satisfied,—and bless Yahweh thy God, for the good land which he hath given unto thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:8and spake unto them, saying—With much wealth, return ye unto your homes, even with very much cattle, with silver and with gold, and with copper and with iron, and with very much raiment,—divide ye the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

1 Chronicles 22:3and, iron in abundance, for nails for the doors of the gates, and for hooks, did David prepare,—and bronze in abundance, without weight;

Job 28:2Iron, out of the ore, is taken, and, stone, poureth out copper;

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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