Deuteronomy 29 · Verse 5

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.
Deuteronomy 29:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 29:5 in other translations

BSBFor forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
WEBI have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet.
ASVAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.
YLTand I cause you to go forty years in a wilderness; your garments have not been consumed from off you, and thy shoe hath not worn away from off thy foot;
DARBYAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;
BBEFor forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.
WebsterAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not become old upon you, and thy shoe hath not become old upon thy foot.

What does Deuteronomy 29:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Your clothes are not waxen old - See on Deu 8:4 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:1-9

Both former mercies, and fresh mercies, should be thought on by us as motives to obedience. The hearing ear, and seeing eye, and the understanding heart, are the gift of God. All that have them, have them from him. God gives not only food and raiment, but wealth and large possessions, to many to whom he does not give grace. Many enjoy the gifts, who have not hearts to perceive the Giver, nor the true design and use…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 29:1-9 →

Deuteronomy 29:5 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.

וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְva.'o.Lekhand I ledH1980
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
בָל֤וּva.Luthey wore outH1086
שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙sal.mo.tei.Khemclothes yourH8008
מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֔םme.'a.lei.Khemfrom on <the> youH5921
וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥ve.na.'al.Khaand sandal yourH5275
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
בָלְתָ֖הval.Tahit wore outH1086
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom onH5921
רַגְלֶֽךָ\׃rag.Le.khafoot yourH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 29:5

  • Deuteronomy 8:4

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

  • 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

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 1:3

    And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

  • Matthew 10:10

    Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

  • Matthew 6:31-32

    Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

  • Joshua 9:13

    And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

  • Joshua 9:5

    And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have led.
1:3; 8:2
your clothes.
8:4; Ne 9:21; Mt 6:31,32
and thy shoe.
Jos 9:5,13; Mt 10:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 29:4

    Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 29:6

    Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

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Deuteronomy 29:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y yo os he traído cuarenta años por el desierto: vuestros vestidos no se han envejecido sobre vosotros, ni tu zapato se ha envejecido sobre tu pie.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous n’avez pas mangé de pain, et vous n’avez bu ni vin ni boisson forte, afin que vous connaissiez que moi, l’ Éternel, je suis votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich habe euch vierzig Jahre in der Wüste geführt: eure Kleider sind nicht an euch zerfallen, und dein Schuh ist nicht abgenutzt an deinem Fuße;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adduxit vos quadraginta annis per desertum: non sunt attrita vestimenta vestra, nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt.