Deuteronomy 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

i.e. Unwillingly, being constrained by thy necessity; moderately, in judgment remembering mercy; and for thy reformation, not for thy destruction. Compare Proverbs 3:11,12 Heb 12:5, &c.

Deuteronomy 8:5

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.