Deuteronomy 8:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ עִם־לְבָבֶ֑ךָ כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְיַסֵּ֥ר אִישׁ֙ אֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

And-yādaʿtā with-lēbābekā that as-when yəyassēr ʾîš ʾet-bənô YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā məyassərekā.

Grammar Details

*yādaʿtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall know
*lēbābekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - with your heart
*yəyassēr*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he disciplines
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bənô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his son
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*məyassərekā*: Piel participle with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - disciplining you

Word Meanings

*yādaʿtā*: know/recognize/understand
*lēbābekā*: heart/mind/inner self
*yəyassēr*: disciplines/chastens/corrects/trains
*ʾîš*: man/husband/person
*bənô*: son/male child
*məyassərekā*: disciplines/chastens/corrects/trains you

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 {G1161} {G3303} All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, {G1223} [even the fruit] of righteousness.
Ezek 12:3 : 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Job 5:17-18 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Ps 89:32 : 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Heb 12:5-10
6 verses
81%
5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?
8But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.
Deut 8:2-4
3 verses
80%
2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Prov 3:11-12
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79%
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Deut 8:6
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6And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deut 1:31
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31and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
Prov 19:18
76%
18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
Ps 94:12
76%
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
Job 5:17
76%
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Deut 8:16
74%
16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
Deut 4:9-10
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74%
9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
10the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Prov 23:13-14
2 verses
74%
13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
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Prov 13:24
73%
24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Prov 22:6
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Eph 6:4
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Prov 1:8
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8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deut 5:16
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16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Deut 11:2
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Deut 6:7
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Deut 21:18
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18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
Deut 11:19
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Prov 29:17
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Jer 2:19
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17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
2 Sam 7:14
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Deut 15:5
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Deut 13:18
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Deut 32:6
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Deut 4:30
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Deut 30:1
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Deut 24:18
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18but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deut 12:28
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Deut 6:2
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Deut 15:15
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Prov 3:1
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