Deuteronomy 2:7

For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
blessed	בֵּֽרַכְךָ֗ be.rakh.Kha	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
works	מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine singular construct
hand	יָדֶ֔ךָ ya.De.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
knoweth	יָדַ֣ע ya.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
walking	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
great	הַגָּדֹ֖ל ha.ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
wilderness	הַמִּדְבָּ֥ר ha.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֗ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
lacked	חָסַ֖רְתָּ cha.Sar.ta	H2637	to lack · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
nothing	דָּבָֽר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 8:2-4 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,…
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…
Luke 22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
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.
Psalms 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish th…
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and mens…
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:1-7

Here is, I. A short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness: We compassed Mount Seir many days, Deu 2:1. Nearly thirty-eight years they wandered in the deserts of Seir; probably in some of their rests they staid several years, and never stirred; God by this not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but, 1. Prepared them for Canaan, by humbling them for sin, teaching them to mortify their lusts, to follow God, and to comfort themselves in him. It is a work of time to make souls meet for heaven, and it must be done by a long train of exercises. 2. He prepared the Canaanites for destruction. All this time the measure of their iniquity was filling up; and, though it…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:5

Meddle not with them--that is, "which dwell in Seir" (Deu 2:4) --for there was another branch of Esau's posterity, namely, the Amalekites, who were to be fought against and destroyed (Gen 36:12; Exo 17:14; Deu 25:17). But the people of Edom were not to be injured, either in their persons or property. And although the approach of so vast a nomadic horde as the Israelites naturally created apprehension, they were to take no advantage of the prevailing terror to compel the Edomites to accept whatever terms they imposed. They were merely to pass "through" or along their border, and to buy meat and water of them for money (Deu 2:6). The people, kinder than their king, did sell them bread, meat, f…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thine hands,.... Had increased their cattle and substance, even though in a wilderness: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness; every step they took, and he owned them and prospered them in all things in which they were concerned: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee: not only to protect and defend them, but to provide all things necessary for them. This number of years was not fully completed, but the round number is given instead of the broken one: thou hast lacked nothing: and since they had wherewith to pay for their food and drink, they are directed to do it, and not take anything from the Edom…

Dictionary and topics

Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Hands, The · Saints blessed in the work of — Saints blessed in the work of
Wisdom Of God, The · Exhibited in knowing: The want of saints — Exhibited in knowing: The want of saints

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 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:5

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:7

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:5

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 2:7-8

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 2:1-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 2:5

Rashi on Deuteronomy 2:7