Deuteronomy 8:15 “He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomou…”

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

World English Bible

who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;

American Standard Version

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Geneva Bible 1599

Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes (wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where was no water, who brought forth water for thee out of ye rock of flint:

Darby Translation

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [a wilderness of] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Young's Literal Translation

who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness — burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst — where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

Bible in Basic English

Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;

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Cross references

“led thee”

Jeremiah 2:6 Deuteronomy 1:19 Isaiah 63:12–14 Psalm 136:16

Jeremiah 2:6 · BSB

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one…

Deuteronomy 1:19 · BSB

And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

Isaiah 63:12–14 · BSB

who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

Psalm 136:16 · BSB

He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.

“fiery serpents”

Numbers 21:6 Hosea 13:5

Numbers 21:6 · BSB

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

Hosea 13:5 · BSB

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

“who brought”

Numbers 20:11 Psalm 114:8 1 Corinthians 10:4 Psalm 105:41 Isaiah 35:7 Exodus 17:5

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Psalm 114:8 · BSB

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

1 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Psalm 105:41 · BSB

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

Isaiah 35:7 · BSB

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Exodus 17:5 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Also

Deuteronomy 32:13

Deuteronomy 32:13 · BSB

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

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