Nehemiah 9:21
Bible › Nehemiah › Chapter 9 › Verse 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.For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
In other translations
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.For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Hebrew words
וְאַרְבָּעִיםve'arba'imand fortyH705שָׁנָהshanahyear[s]H8141כִּלְכַּלְתָּםkilkaltamyou sustained themH3557בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057לֹאlo'notH3808חָסֵרוּchaseruthey were lackingH2637שַׂלְמֹתֵיהֶםsalmoteihemclothes theirH8008לֹאlo'notH3808בָלוּvaluthey wore outH1086וְרַגְלֵיהֶםveragleihemand feet theirH7272לֹאlo'notH3808בָצֵקוּ׃vatzekuthey became swollenH1216
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 2:7For 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.Indeed, 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 29:5And 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.For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Psalm 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Amos 5:25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Deuteronomy 8:2And 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.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
- Numbers 14:33-3433 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. 34 In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
- Acts 13:18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
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