Deuteronomy 8:9
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.”
חָסֵר
Lack, be without, need. To be in want means to lack something necessary. David says with the LORD as his shepherd he shall not lack anything. Every need is covered.
לֶחֶם
food
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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בַּרְזֶל
are iron
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בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
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נְחֹשֶׁת
copper
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נְחֹשֶׁת
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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חָצַב
you will dig
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חָצַב
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
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כֹּל
anything
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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