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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 8:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 8:15 |
Strong Concordance |
Who led [03212] thee through that great [01419] and terrible [03372] wilderness [04057], wherein were fiery [08314] serpents [05175], and scorpions [06137], and drought [06774], where there was no water [04325]; who brought thee forth [03318] water [04325] out of the rock [06697] of flint [02496]; |
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King James |
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions--Large and venomous reptiles are found in great numbers there still, particularly in autumn. Travellers must use great caution in arranging their tents and beds at night; even during the day the legs not only of men, but of the animals they ride, are liable to be bitten.
who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint--(See on Deu 9:21). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Render: "Who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and the dry land where are no waters." On the fiery serpents see Num 21:6 note. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who led thee through that - terrible wilderness - See the account of their journeying in the notes, Exo 16:1 (note), etc.; Numbers 21 (note), etc.
Fiery serpents - Serpents whose bite occasioned a most violent inflammation, accompanied with an unquenchable thirst, and which terminated in death. See on Num 21:6 (note). |
21 And I took [03947] your sin [02403], the calf [05695] which ye had made [06213], and burnt [08313] it with fire [0784], and stamped [03807] it, and ground [02912] it very small [03190], even until it was as small [01854] as dust [06083]: and I cast [07993] the dust [06083] thereof into the brook [05158] that descended out [03381] of the mount [02022].
6 And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] fiery [08314] serpents [05175] among the people [05971], and they bit [05391] the people [05971]; and much [07227] people [05971] of Israel [03478] died [04191].
6 And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] fiery [08314] serpents [05175] among the people [05971], and they bit [05391] the people [05971]; and much [07227] people [05971] of Israel [03478] died [04191].
1 And they took their journey [05265] from Elim [0362], and all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] unto the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], which is between Elim [0362] and Sinai [05514], on the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the second [08145] month [02320] after their departing out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].