Nehemiah 9:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 9:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 16:35The 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.
- Numbers 14:33Your 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.
- Deuteronomy 2:7Indeed, 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 29:5For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Amos 5:25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Acts 13:18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
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