Nehemiah 9:21 “For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lac…”

Nehemiah 9:21

For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

World English Bible

“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

American Standard Version

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou didest also feede them fourtie yeres in ye wildernes: they lacked nothing: their clothes waxed not old, and their feete swelled not.

Darby Translation

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.

Young's Literal Translation

and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.

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Cross references

“forty”

Deuteronomy 2:7 Exodus 16:35 Deuteronomy 8:2 Amos 5:25 Acts 13:18 Numbers 14:33

Deuteronomy 2:7 · BSB

Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

Exodus 16:35 · BSB

The 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.

Deuteronomy 8:2 · BSB

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Amos 5:25 · BSB

Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Acts 13:18 · BSB

He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

Numbers 14:33 · BSB

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

“their”

Deuteronomy 8:4 Deuteronomy 29:5 Psalm 34:10

Deuteronomy 8:4 · BSB

Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

Deuteronomy 29:5 · BSB

For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

Psalm 34:10 · BSB

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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

In context

20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

22You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

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