Deuteronomy 8:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ טוֹבָ֑ה אֶ֚רֶץ נַ֣חֲלֵי מָ֔יִם עֲיָנֹת֙ וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת יֹצְאִ֥ים בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה וּבָהָֽר׃

Transliteration

For YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā mēbîʾăkā to-ʾerets tôbāh ʾerets naḥălê māyim ʿăyānōt and-təhōmōt yōtsəʾîm in-the-biqʿāh and-in-the-hār.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
• *mēbîʾăkā*: Hiphil participle with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - bringing you
• *ʾerets*: feminine singular noun - land
• *tôbāh*: feminine singular adjective - good
• *naḥălê*: masculine plural construct - streams of
• *māyim*: masculine plural noun - water
• *ʿăyānōt*: feminine plural noun - springs
• *təhōmōt*: feminine plural noun - deeps/depths
• *yōtsəʾîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - flowing out
• *biqʿāh*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - in the valley
• *hār*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - in the mountain/hill

Word Meanings

• *mēbîʾăkā*: bringing you/leading you in
• *ʾerets*: land/country/ground/earth
• *tôbāh*: good/pleasant/agreeable
• *naḥălê*: streams/brooks/wadis
• *māyim*: water/waters
• *ʿăyānōt*: springs/fountains
• *təhōmōt*: depths/deep places/abysses
• *yōtsəʾîm*: flowing out/coming forth
• *biqʿāh*: valley/plain
• *hār*: mountain/hill/hill country

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams of water, springs, and deep waters flowing out in valleys and hills.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and pths that spring out of valleys and hills;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} bringeth{H935} thee into a good{H2896} land,{H776} a land{H776} of brooks{H5158} of water,{H4325} of fountains{H5869} and springs,{H8415} flowing forth{H3318} in valleys{H1237} and hills;{H2022}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} bringeth{H935}{(H8688)} thee into a good{H2896} land{H776}, a land{H776} of brooks{H5158} of water{H4325}, of fountains{H5869} and depths{H8415} that spring out{H3318}{(H8802)} of valleys{H1237} and hills{H2022};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For the Lorde thy God bringeth the in to a good lande, a londe of riuers of water, of foutens and of springes that springe out both in valayes and hylles:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the LORDE thy God bryngeth the in to a good londe: A londe where in are ryuers of water, fountaynes and sprynges, which flowe by the hilles and valleys:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are riuers of water and fountaines, and depthes that spring out of valleis and mountaines:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the Lorde thy God bryngeth thee into a good lande, a lande in the whiche are riuers of water, and fountaines and deapthes that spring out of valleys and hylles:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:9-9 : 9 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you came out, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs: 11 But the land which you go to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven: 12 A land which the LORD your God cares for: the eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
• Neh 9:24-25 : 24 So the children entered and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them as they wished. 25 And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.
• Ps 65:9-9 : 9 You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water; You prepare them grain, for so You have provided for it. 10 You water its ridges abundantly; You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth. 11 You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your paths drip with abundance. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy, they also sing.
• Ezek 20:6 : 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had spied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Deut 6:10-11 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build, 11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;