Deuteronomy 8:6-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:1-9

The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all the commandments, Deut. 8:1. And, 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and particularly with a holy fear of him (Deut. 8:6), from a reverence of his majesty, a submission to his authority, and a dread of his wrath. To engage them to this obedience, besides the great advantages of it, which he... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10-20

Moses, having mentioned the great plenty they would find in the land of Canaan, finds it necessary to caution them against the abuse of that plenty, which was a sin they would be the more prone to new that they came into the vineyard of the Lord, immediately out of a barren desert. I. He directs them to the duty of a prosperous condition, Deut. 8:10. They are allowed to eat even to fulness, not to surfeiting no excess; but let them always remember their benefactor, the founder of their feast,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:6

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God ,.... Not only because they are the commands of God, and of a covenant God and Father, which are reasons sufficient for the observance of them; but because the Lord had dealt so bountifully with them, in providing food and raiment for them in the wilderness, which always continued with them; and because, when he afflicted them, it was a fatherly chastisement, with great tenderness and compassion, and for their good; all which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7

For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land ,.... The land of Canaan, abounding with good things after enumerated, a land flowing with milk and honey, having in it plenty of everything both for convenience and delight; which is another reason why they were under obligations to serve the Lord, to walk in his ways and keep his commandments: a land of brooks of water ; rivers and torrents, such as Jordan, Jabbok, Kishon, Kidron, Cherith, and others: of fountains ; as Siloam,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:8

A land of wheat and barley ,.... There were two harvests in it, one a barley harvest, which began at the passover, and the other a wheat harvest, which began at Pentecost: instances of the great plenty of these might be observed in the vast quantities consumed in the times of Solomon, in his household, and in the yearly distribution he made to Hiram, 1 Kings 4:22 , yea, there was such plenty of wheat in this land, that it not only supplied the inhabitants of it, but even furnished other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shall eat bread without scarceness ,.... That is, should have plenty of all sorts of provisions, which bread is often put for: thou shall not lack anything in it ; for necessity and convenience, and for delight and pleasure: a land whose stones are iron ; in which were iron mines: and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass ; both which are taken out of the earth and the stones of it, Job 28:2 and were to be found in the land of Canaan, and particularly in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God ,.... For as the Lord would furnish them with plenty of food, they might eat of it liberally, provided they did not indulge to intemperance, as everyone may whom God has blessed with a fulness of good things; and this shows that we are to return thanks to God for a plentiful meal, as well as to ask a blessing on it: for the good land which he hath given thee ; which supplied them with such plenty, that they enjoyed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:8

A land of wheat, etc. - On the subject of this verse I shall introduce the following remarks, which I find in Mr. Harmer's Observations on the Fertility of the Land of Judea, vol. iii., p. 243. "Hasselquist tells us that he ate olives at Joppa (upon his first arrival in the Holy Land) which were said to grow on the Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem; and that, independently of their oiliness, they were of the best kind he had tasted in the Levant. As olives are frequently eaten in their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:9

A land whose stones are iron - Not only meaning that there were iron mines throughout the land, but that the loose stones were strongly impregnated with iron, ores of this metal (the most useful of all the products of the mineral kingdom) being every where in great plenty. Out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass - As there is no such thing in nature as a brass mine, the word נחשת nechosheth should be translated copper; of which, by the addition of the lapis calaminaris , brass is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:7

Verse 7 7.For the Lord thy God. We may shortly sum up the words and the matter. He almost sets before their eyes a habitation full of wealth and various advantages, in order that they there may worship God more cheerfully, and study to repay by their gratitude so signal a benefit. In chapter 8 he commends the goodness of the land, because it is watered by the streams which flow through its valleys and mountains, and because it produces all kinds of fruits to supply them with nourishment; and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:1-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:7

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