Deuteronomy 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. ”

• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  They had clothes, it would seem, in abundance (compare Exodus 12:34-35 ) at the beginning of the 40 years; and during those years they had many sheep and oxen, and so must have had much material f...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot (d) swell, these forty years. (d) As those that go barefoot.

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 8. Israel's duty to be faithful and obedient to Yahweh enforced by a recital of His loving treatment of them in the wilderness ( Deuteronomy 8:1-17 ). Unless they are faithful they will...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thy raiment. Compare Deuteronomy 29:5 . Nehemiah 9:20 ; Nehemiah 9:21 . Not mentioned in Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers.

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Thy raiment waxed not old, etc. - The plain meaning of this much-tortured text appears to me to be this: "God so am...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 4. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, &c.— See Deuteronomy 29:5 and Nehemiah 9:21 . Houbigant renders this, tuae vestes non sunt attritae; thy garments are not worn out, which i...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Thy raiment waxed not old ... neither did thy foot swell. What a striking miracle was this! No doubt the Is...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Practical Exhortations (continued) The people are reminded of God's goodness to them at the time of the exodus and during their sojourn in the wilderness. They are exhorted to humility and obedien...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee. — The Jewish commentators say that it grew with their growth, from childhood to manhood. We cannot say that anything miraculous is certainly intended, though it...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE BREAD OF THE SOUL Deuteronomy 8:1-20 IN the Chapter s which follow, viz . 8., 9., and Deuteronomy 10:1-2 , we have an appeal to history as a motive for fulfilling the fundamental duty of...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Beware of Forgetting God Deuteronomy 8:1-20 “Thou shalt remember,” Deuteronomy 8:2 ; “thou shalt consider,” Deuteronomy 8:5 ; “thou shalt bless,” Deuteronomy 8:10 . The lessons of hunger,...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Still continuing this discourse, Moses declared that the land when purified of the corrupt people was to be possessed by the people of God as His chosen nation. He showed that the first condition of...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Was not this a standing miracle, that the garments of the Israelites should not wear out during forty years? There were no shops for supply in the wilderness. The people brought with them indeed what...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee , c] They wanted not clothes all the forty years they were in the wilderness which some account for by the rising generation being supplied with the clothes of th...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Ver. 4. Thy raiment weaved not old. ] It was not the worse for wearing, but grew as their bodies did, as some ar...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee The common interpretation of these words is, that, by a constant miracle, their clothes did not so much as decay, nor their foot swell , or, as some render it,...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  REMEMBER! DO NOT FORGET! (vs.1-20) Israel was left no opportunity to say they did not understand what God was telling them. He repeated it in many different ways and insisted on it in no uncertai...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. B. C. 1451.       1 All the commandments which I comm...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thy raiment did not wear away through age, which they must needs have done without a miracle; neither did thy foot swell, notwithstanding thy long and hard travels, which also was miraculous.

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ Your clothes did not grow old on you, nor did your foot swell, these forty years.' They were to remember how, while they wandered in that wilderness, they were fully provided for. They did not...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—In addition to the danger of being ensnared by idolatry, after their settlement in Canaan, Israel might fall into pride and forget God in the enjoyment of its products. To guard aga...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Deuteronomy 8:2-4 I. The text shows us what God did with Israel. (1) He sent them back to wander in the desert through forty years, sent them back from entering the land which He eventually intend...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 8:4 . Thy raiment waxed not old. By a miracle the Lord preserved the clothes of the Israelites from wearing and decay, or by means of trade and war with the supplies they brought from...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna. The pilgrims’ grateful recollections I. Let us pass in review the favours of the lord, taking what He did for Israel as be...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION FURTHER EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE , ENFORCED BY A REVIEW OF GOD 'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS . Deuteronomy 8:1-5 That they might be induce...

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Reference to God's Goodness

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 29:5 ; Matthew 26:25-30 ; Nehemiah 9:21

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• Deuteronomy 8:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Lest We Forget Deuteronomy 8:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember a verse which reads, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction...

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