Deuteronomy 11:2

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
know	וִֽידַעְתֶּם֮ vi.da'.Tem	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
day	הַיּוֹם֒ hai.yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
children	בְּנֵיכֶ֗ם be.nei.Khem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
known	יָדְעוּ֙ ya.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
seen	רָא֔וּ ra.'U	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
chastisement	מוּסַ֖ר mu.Sar	H4148	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
greatness	גָּדְל֕וֹ ga.de.Lo	H1433	magnitude (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mighty	הַחֲזָקָ֔ה ha.cha.za.Kah	H2389	strong (usu. in a bad sense · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
hand	יָדוֹ֙ ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
out	הַנְּטוּיָֽה ha.ne.tu.Yah	H5186	to stretch or spread out · definite article + verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular absolute
arm	וּזְרֹע֖וֹ u.ze.ro.'O	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and…
Deuteronomy 5:24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire:…
Deuteronomy 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD…
Deuteronomy 8:2-5 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,…
Deuteronomy 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against y…
Deuteronomy 9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy g…
Deuteronomy 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Isr…
Proverbs 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Because God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude (so the preceding chapter concludes), therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (so this begins). Those whom God has built up into families, whose beginning was small, but whose latter end greatly increases, should use that as an argument with themselves why they should serve God. Thou shalt keep his charge, that is, the oracles of his word and ordinances of his worship, with which they were entrusted and for which they were accountable. It is a phrase often used concerning the office of the priests and Levites, for all Israel was a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. Observe the connection of these two: Thou shalt love the Lord…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

I speak not with your children which have not known . . . But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did--Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny of Pharaoh, as well as those which had taken place in the wilderness. He knew that he might dwell upon these, for he was addressing many who had been witnesses of those appalling incidents. For it will be remembered that the divine threatening that they should die in the wilderness, and its execution, extended only to males from twenty years and upward, who were able to go forth to war. No males under twenty years of age…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:2

And know you this day,.... Take notice of, and diligently attend unto, what is now about to be delivered: for I speak not unto your children which have not known, and which have not seen, the chastisement of the Lord your God; who have no knowledge and experience of the chastisement of the Lord on themselves, or on their foes or friends; and with whom the argument drawn from it could not come with that force, and make that impression, as it might be thought it would, being used with them who had perfect knowledge of it. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it doctrine, which, being children, they were not instructed so perfectly in as they were who were adult persons, to whom Moses di…

Dictionary and topics

Ten Commandments — The popular name in this, as in so many instances, is not that of Scripture. There we have the “TEN WORDS,” (Exodus 34:28; 4:13; 10:4) the ”Covenant,” Ex., Deut. 11. cc.; (1 Kings 8:21; 2 Chronicles…
Arm · FIGURATIVE USE OF — FIGURATIVE USE OF
Chastisement · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
Miracles · Should produce obedience — Should produce obedience
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 11:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:2

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 11:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:2

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 11:1-15

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 11:2-7

Rashi on Deuteronomy 11:2