Deuteronomy 8 · Verse 5

Deuteronomy 8:5

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
Deuteronomy 8:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 8:5 in other translations

BSBSo know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
WEBYou shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
ASVAnd thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.
YLTand thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
DARBYAnd know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
BBEKeep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
WebsterThou shalt also consider in thy heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

What does Deuteronomy 8:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him. To engage them to this obedience. Moses directs them to look back. It is good to remember all the ways, both of God's providence and grace, by which he has led us through this wilderness, that we may cheerfully serve him…

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Deuteronomy 8:5 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.

וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ve.ya.da'.Taand you will knowH3045
עִם\־'im-withH5973
לְבָבֶ֑ךָle.va.Ve.khaheart yourH3824
כִּ֗יKithatH3588
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
יְיַסֵּ֥רye.ya.Serhe disciplinesH3256
אִישׁ֙'isheveryoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנ֔וֹbe.Nochild hisH1121
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ\׃me.ya.se.Re.ka[is] disciplining youH3256

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 8:5

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • 2 Samuel 7:14

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • Proverbs 3:12

    For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Job 5:17-18

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Hebrews 12:5-11

    And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. …

  • 1 Corinthians 11:32

    But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

  • Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

  • Ezekiel 18:28

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Psalms 89:32

    Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  • Deuteronomy 4:23

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Ezekiel 12:3

    Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
consider.
4:9,23; Isa 1:3; Eze 12:3; 18:28
as a man.
2Sa 7:14; Job 5:17,18; Ps 89:32; 94:12; Pr 3:12; 1Co 11:32
Heb 12:5-11; Re 3:19

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 8:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 8:5

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

  • Deuteronomy 8:6

    Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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Deuteronomy 8:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Reconoce asimismo en tu corazón, que como castiga el hombre á su hijo, así Jehová tu Dios te castiga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Connais dans ton cœur que, comme un homme châtie son fils, l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te châtie;
German
Elberfelder 1871		So erkenne in deinem Herzen, daß, wie ein Mann seinen Sohn züchtigt, Jehova, dein Gott, dich züchtigt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ut recogites in corde tuo, quia sicut erudit filium suum homo, sic Dominus Deus tuus erudivit te,