King James Version
Deuteronomy 8:10 in the King James Version says “When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.”
Deuteronomy 8:10 · KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil: Heb. of olive tree of oil
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and art full”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
“then thou shalt bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for the good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which he hath given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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