21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For 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.
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
And 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.
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-38)We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named ( Neh. 9:4 , 5 ), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one ), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distan…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.