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The Covenant in Moab

Deuteronomy 29:6

In 11 translations

BSB
You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
KJV
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
WEB
You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
ASV
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
LSV
you have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine and strong drink, so that you know that I [am] your God YHWH.
YLT
bread ye have not eaten, and wine and strong drink ye have not drunk, so that ye know that I [am] Jehovah your God.
DBY
ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.Elohim
DRC
You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
GNV
Ye haue eaten no bread, neither drunke wine, nor strong drinke, that ye might know how that I am the Lord your God.
JPS29:5
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
LXXE
Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC29:5
לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אֲכַלְתֶּ֔ם וְיַ֥יִן וְשֵׁכָ֖ר לֹ֣א שְׁתִיתֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃KJV:Deut.29.6
LXX-Br
Ἄρτον οὐκ ἐφάγετε, οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐκ ἐπίετε, ἵνα γνῶτε ὃτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐγώ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth…
  • Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
  • Exodus 16:12“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  • Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
  • Numbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the…
  • Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
  • 1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
  • Exodus 16:35The 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.
  • Psalms 78:24–25He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 29:5 in some Bibles
  • 29:6 in most Bibles

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