Deuteronomy 8:5
and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4'Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,
6and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God hath borne thee as a man beareth his son, in all the way which ye have gone, till your coming in unto this place.
Deuteronomy 4:23'Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything [concerning] which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:
Job 5:17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Psalms 94:12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Proverbs 3:12For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
Ezekiel 12:3And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they [are].
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 →