Deuteronomy 29:5 KJV
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Words Then and Now
- waxen to grow; to become Still heard today: the moon waxes and wanes, grows and shrinks Webster’s 1828 · Waxen
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thy one person
- you, your more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Moses calls Israel's mercies to remembranceBoth former mercies, and fresh mercies, should be thought on by us as motives to obedience. The hearing ear, and seeing eye, and the understanding heart, are...
Thompson Chains
- Divine LeaderSee the chain from Deuteronomy 8:2 · 11 links
- Temporal BlessingsLink 3 of 9 · next 2 Samuel 6:11
- Divine CareSee the chain from Psalms 115:12 · 8 links
- WildernessesLink 2 of 8 · next 1 Kings 19:4
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
- Deuteronomy 8:2 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.
- Nehemiah 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
- Matthew 6:31–32 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? …
- Matthew 10:10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
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Topics
- Blessing Temporal, from God
- Clothing Of the Israelites, did not become old
- Covenant In Moab
- God Providence of God
- Government Theocratic
- Israel Providentially cared for
- Judgments Denounced against disobedience
- Miracles Design of Miracles
- Moab The law rehearsed in, by Moses
- Shoe Of the people of Israel did not get old
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And I have led וָאוֹלֵךְ wāʾwōlēk יָלַךְ Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and
- you forty אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural אַרְבָּעִים ʾarbāʿîm אַרְבָּעִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
- years שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular
- in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּר bammidbār מִדְבָּר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- your clothes שַׂלְמֹתֵיכֶם śalmōtêkem שַׂלְמָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- are not waxen old לֹא lōʾ Negative בָלוּ bālû בָּלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- upon you, and thy shoe מֵעֲלֵיכֶם mēʿălêkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural וְנַעַלְךָ wĕnaʿalkā נַעַל Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
- is not waxen old לֹא lōʾ Negative בָלְתָה bālĕtâ בָּלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- upon thy foot מֵעַל mēʿal Preposition רַגְלֶךָ raglekā רֶגֶל Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
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