Deuteronomy 8:9

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“a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.”

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Read Deuteronomy 8:9 in the flow of Deuteronomy8 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Deuteronomy8 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones <FI>are<Fi> iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 8:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
  2. Joshua 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
  3. Judges 18:10When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 22:3David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
  5. 1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  6. Job 28:2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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