King James Version
Deuteronomy 8:5 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.”
Deuteronomy 8:5 · KJV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou shalt also consider”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“in”
H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“chasteneth”
H3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
“that as a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“so the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“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
“chasteneth”
H3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
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