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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 8:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 8:9 |
Strong Concordance |
A land [0776] wherein [0834] thou shalt eat [0398] bread [03899] without [03808] scarceness [04544], thou shalt not lack [02637] any thing in it; a land [0776] whose stones [068] are iron [01270], and out of whose hills [02042] thou mayest dig [02672] brass [05178]. |
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King James |
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. |
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] |
a land whose stones are iron--The abundance of this metal in Palestine, especially among the mountains of Lebanon, those of Kesraoun, and elsewhere, is attested not only by JOSEPHUS, but by Volney, Buckingham, and other travellers.
brass--not the alloy brass, but the ore of copper. Although the mines may now be exhausted or neglected, they yielded plenty of those metals anciently (Ch1 22:3; Ch1 29:2-7; Isa 60:17). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Whose stones are iron - Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A land whose stones are iron - Not only meaning that there were iron mines throughout the land, but that the loose stones were strongly impregnated with iron, ores of this metal (the most useful of all the products of the mineral kingdom) being every where in great plenty.
Out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass - As there is no such thing in nature as a brass mine, the word נחשת nechosheth should be translated copper; of which, by the addition of the lapis calaminaris, brass is made. See on Exo 25:3 (note). |
17 For brass [05178] I will bring [0935] gold [02091], and for iron [01270] I will bring [0935] silver [03701], and for wood [06086] brass [05178], and for stones [068] iron [01270]: I will also make [07760] thy officers [06486] peace [07965], and thine exactors [05065] righteousness [06666].
2 Now I have prepared [03559] with all my might [03581] for the house [01004] of my God [0430] the gold [02091] for things to be made of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and the brass [05178] for things of brass [05178], the iron [01270] for things of iron [01270], and wood [06086] for things of wood [06086]; onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones to be set [04394], glistering [06320] stones [068], and of divers colours [07553], and all manner of precious [03368] stones [068], and marble [07893] stones [068] in abundance [07230].
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection [07521] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], I have [03426] of mine own proper good [05459], of gold [02091] and silver [03701], which I have given [05414] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], over and above [04605] all that I have prepared [03559] for the holy [06944] house [01004],
4 Even three [07969] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of gold [02091], of the gold [02091] of Ophir [0211], and seven [07651] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of refined [02212] silver [03701], to overlay [02902] the walls [07023] of the houses [01004] withal:
5 The gold [02091] for things of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and for all manner of work [04399] to be made by the hands [03027] of artificers [02796]. And who then is willing [05068] to consecrate [04390] his service [03027] this day [03117] unto the LORD [03068]?
6 Then the chief [08269] of the fathers [01] and princes [08269] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], with the rulers [08269] of the king's [04428] work [04399], offered willingly [05068],
7 And gave [05414] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430] of gold [02091] five [02568] thousand [0505] talents [03603] and ten thousand [07239] drams [0150], and of silver [03701] ten [06235] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and of brass [05178] eighteen [08083] [07239] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and one hundred [03967] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of iron [01270].
3 And David [01732] prepared [03559] iron [01270] in abundance [07230] for the nails [04548] for the doors [01817] of the gates [08179], and for the joinings [04226]; and brass [05178] in abundance [07230] without weight [04948];
3 And this is the offering [08641] which ye shall take [03947] of them; gold [02091], and silver [03701], and brass [05178],