Parallel Verses English Standard Version a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, King James Bible A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; American Standard Version a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; Douay-Rheims Bible A land of wheat, and barley, and vineyards, wherein fig trees and pomegranates, and oliveyards grow: a land of oil and honey. English Revised Version a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olives and honey; Webster's Bible Translation A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive-oil, and honey; Deuteronomy 8:8 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentTo this end they were to remember the forty years' guidance through the wilderness (Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 2:7), by which God desired to humble them, and to prove the state of their heart and their obedience. Humiliation was the way to prove their attitude towards God. ענּה, to humble, i.e., to bring them by means of distress and privations to feel their need of help and their dependence upon God. נסּה, to prove, by placing them in such positions in life as would drive them to reveal what was in their heart, viz., whether they believed in the omnipotence, love, and righteousness of God, or not. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge wheat Psalm 147:14 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat. barley vines oil olive [heb] olive tree of oil Cross References Genesis 49:11 Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, Deuteronomy 8:9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. Jump to Previous Barley Honey Oil Olive Olive-Oil Olive-Trees Pomegranate Pomegranates Trees Vine Vines WheatJump to Next Barley Honey Oil Olive Olive-Oil Olive-Trees Pomegranate Pomegranates Trees Vine Vines WheatLinks Deuteronomy 8:8 NIVDeuteronomy 8:8 NLT Deuteronomy 8:8 ESV Deuteronomy 8:8 NASB Deuteronomy 8:8 KJV Deuteronomy 8:8 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 8:8 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 8:8 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 8:8 French Bible Deuteronomy 8:8 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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