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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
remember	וְזָכַרְתָּ֣ ve.za.khar.Ta	H2142	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
way	הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ ha.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
led	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֖ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר ba.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
humble	עַנֹּֽתְךָ֜ 'a.no.te.Kha	H6031	to depress literally or figuratively · verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
prove	לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ֗ le.na.so.te.Kha	H5254	to test · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
know	לָדַ֜עַת la.Da.'at	H3045	to know (properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
heart	בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֛ bil.va.ve.Kha	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
keep	הֲתִשְׁמֹ֥ר ha.tish.Mor	H8104	properly · interrogative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
commandments	מִצְוֹתָ֖יו mitz.vo.tov	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Exodus 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every da…
Deuteronomy 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee g…
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise…
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…
1 Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God res…
Exodus 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he mad…
Malachi 3:2-3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all the commandments, Deu 8:1. And, 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and particularly with a holy fear of him (Deu 8:6), from a reverence of his majesty, a submission to his authority, and a dread of his wrath. To engage them to this obedience, besides the great advantages of it, which he sets before them (that they should live and multiply, and all should be well with them, Deu 8:1), he directs them, I. To look back upon the wilderness through which God had now brought them: Thou shalt remem…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 8:2

thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness--The recapitulation of all their checkered experience during that long period was designed to awaken lively impressions of the goodness of God. First, Moses showed them the object of their protracted wanderings and varied hardships. These were trials of their obedience as well as chastisements for sin. Indeed, the discovery of their infidelity, inconstancy, and their rebellions and perverseness which this varied discipline brought to light, was of eminently practical use to the Israelites themselves, as it has been to the church in all subsequent ages. Next, he enlarged on the goodness of God…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness,.... For this was now the fortieth year of their coming out of Egypt into the wilderness, into which they quickly came after their departure from thence, and had been in one wilderness or another ever since, in which God went before them in a pillar of cloud and fire, and directed their way; and now they are called upon to remember all the occurrences in the way, what favours and mercies had been bestowed upon them, what provisions had been made for them, what enemies they had been delivered from or overcome, as well as what afflictions and chastisements had attended them: and so the peopl…

Dictionary and topics

Temptation — (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their…
Afflictions Made Beneficial · In trying our faith and obedience — In trying our faith and obedience
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Continued forty years: To prove and humble them, &c — Continued forty years: To prove and humble them, &c
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED
Providence Of God, The · Is exercised in: Leading saints — Is exercised in: Leading saints
Temptation · A TEST — A TEST

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 8:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 8:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:2

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 8:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 8:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:2

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 8:2

Rashi on Deuteronomy 8:2