Deuteronomy 29:6
What does Deuteronomy 29:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 29:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862bread ye have not eaten, and wine and strong drink ye have not drunk, so that ye know that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah yourGod.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 16:12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.
- Numbers 16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
- Numbers 20:8
Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.
- Nehemiah 9:15
and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
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