Deuteronomy 2 · Verse 7

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Deuteronomy 2:7, King James Version

Deuteronomy 2:7 in other translations

BSBIndeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
WEBFor the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
ASVFor Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
YLTfor Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God is with thee; thou hast not lacked anything.
DARBYfor Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
BBEFor the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
WebsterFor the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee: thou hast lacked nothing.

What does Deuteronomy 2:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:5-7

5-7. Meddle not with them--that is, "which dwell in Seir" (De 2:4)--for there was another branch of Esau's posterity, namely, the Amalekites, who were to be fought against and destroyed (Ge 36:12; Ex 17:14; De 25:17). But the people of Edom were not to be injured, either in their persons or property. And although the approach of so vast a nomadic horde as the Israelites naturally created apprehension, they were to…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 The Lord - hath blessed thee, etc. - God had given them much property, and therefore they had no need of plunder; they had gold and silver to buy the provender they needed, and therefore God would not permit them to take any thing by violence.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:1-7

Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, teaching them to mortify their lusts, to follow God, and to comfort themselves in him. Though Israel may be long kept waiting for deliverance and enlargement, it will come at last. Before God brought Israel to destroy their…

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Deuteronomy 2:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּי֩kiforH3588
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
בֵּֽרַכְךָ֗be.rakh.Khahe has blessed youH1288
בְּכֹל֙be.Kholin allH3605
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639
יָדֶ֔ךָya.De.khahand yourH3027
יָדַ֣עya.Da'he has knownH3045
לֶכְתְּךָ֔lekh.te.Khawalking youH1980
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּדְבָּ֥רha.mid.Barthe wildernessH4057
הַגָּדֹ֖לha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
זֶ֣ה\׀zehthisH2088
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
שָׁנָ֗הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
עִמָּ֔ךְ'i.Makh[has been] with youH5973
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
חָסַ֖רְתָּcha.Sar.tayou have lackedH2637
דָּבָֽר\׃da.VaranythingH1697

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 2:7

  • Nehemiah 9:21

    Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2-4

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 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.

  • Luke 22:35

    And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

  • Deuteronomy 29:5

    And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

  • Psalms 90:17

    And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  • Genesis 24:35

    And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

  • Job 23:10

    But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Genesis 12:2

    And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

  • Genesis 26:12

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  • Genesis 30:27

    And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

  • Genesis 39:5

    And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

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blessed.
Ge 12:2; 24:35; 26:12; 30:27; 39:5; Ps 90:17
he knoweth.
Job 23:10; Ps 1:6; 31:7; Joh 10:27
these forty.
8:2-4; 29:5; Ne 9:21; Lu 22:35

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 2:6

    Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

  • Deuteronomy 2:7

    For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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Deuteronomy 2:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pues Jehová tu Dios te ha bendecido en toda obra de tus manos: él sabe que andas por este gran desierto: estos cuarenta años Jehová tu Dios fué contigo; y ninguna cosa te ha faltado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a béni dans toute l’œuvre de ta main; il a connu ta marche par ce grand désert; pendant ces 40 ans, l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, a été avec toi; tu n’as manqué de rien.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn Jehova, dein Gott, hat dich gesegnet in allem Werke deiner Hand. Er kannte dein Ziehen durch diese große Wüste: diese vierzig Jahre ist Jehova, dein Gott, mit dir gewesen; es hat dir an nichts gemangelt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dominus Deus tuus benedixit tibi in omni opere manuum tuarum: novit iter tuum, quomodo transieris solitudinem hanc magnam, per quadraginta annos habitans tecum Dominus Deus tuus, et nihil tibi defuit.