Deuteronomy 8:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke 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 should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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 be 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 have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
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{H8804)} their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest{H8762)}, O LORD, and teachest{H8762)} him out of thy law;
Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD 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)

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Heb 12:5-10
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5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Deut 8:2-4
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2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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 every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
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11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Deut 8:6
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6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
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31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
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18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ps 94:12
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12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest{H8762)}, O LORD, and teachest{H8762)} him out of thy law;
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17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
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Prov 23:13-14
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