Deuteronomy 8:4 KJV
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Words Then and Now
- raiment clothing Webster’s 1828 · Raiment
- waxed to grow; to become Still heard today: the moon waxes and wanes, grows and shrinks Webster’s 1828 · Waxed
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thy, thee one person
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
- Exhortations and cautions, enforced by the Lord's former dealings with Israel, and his promisesObedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and...
Thompson Chains
- PreservationSee the chain from Deuteronomy 6:24 · 8 links
- Forty YearsSee the chain from Exodus 16:35 · 3 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 29:5 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.
- 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 26:25–30 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Thy raiment שִׂמְלָתְךָ śimlotkā שִׂמְלָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- waxed not old לֹא lōʾ Negative בָלְתָה bālĕtâ בָּלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- upon thee, neither did thy foot מֵעָלֶיךָ mēʿālêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular וְרַגְלְךָ wĕraglĕkā רֶגֶל Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular לֹא lōʾ Negative
- swell בָצֵקָה bāṣēqâ בָּצֵק Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- these forty זֶה zê Pronoun אַרְבָּעִים ʾarbāʿîm אַרְבָּעִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
- years שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular
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