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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your feet swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these 40 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Over the past 40 years, your clothing hasn't worn out, and your feet haven't swollen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your clothes didn't wear out, and your feet didn't swell these past 40 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />During these forty years your clothes have not worn out, nor have your feet swollen up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The clothes you wore did not wear out, nor did your feet blister during these 40 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy raiment hath not become old upon thee, neither hath thy foot swelled these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your raiment has not worn out from off you, and your foot has not swelled these forty years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thy garments decayed not from thee, and thy feet swelled not this forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your garment, with which you were covered, has by no means decayed due to age, and your foot has not been worn down, even to this fortieth year,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The clothing did not fall from you in tatters, nor did your feet swell these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The clothes on your back did not wear out and your feet did not swell these forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your clothes did not wear out upon you, neither did your feet go bare during these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your clothes are not worn out from you and your feet were not bare, behold, forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thy garments grew not old from off thee, thy shoes were not worn from off thee, thy feet were not <i>painfully</i> hardened, lo! these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2512" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Remember the LORD Your God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8071.htm" title="8071: śim·lā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A wrapper, mantle. Perhaps by permutation for the feminine of cemel; a dress, especially a mantle.">Your clothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm" title="1086: ḇā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To become old, wear out. A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay.">wear out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep-m:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: wə·raḡ·lə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">and your feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1216.htm" title="1216: ḇā·ṣê·qāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To swell. A primitive root; perhaps to swell up, i.e. Blister.">swell</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">during these</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5</a></span><br />For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31-33</a></span><br />Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. / But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm">Luke 12:22-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. / For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. / Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Exodus 16:35</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25</a></span><br />I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-14.htm">1 Kings 17:14-16</a></span><br />for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” / So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. / The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a></span><br />And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-4.htm">Isaiah 46:4</a></span><br />Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8</a></span><br />And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a></span><br />And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. / Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-10.htm">Psalm 34:10</a></span><br />Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your raiment waxed not old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5</a></b></br> And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></b></br> Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, <i>so that</i> they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-25.htm">Matthew 26:25-30</a></b></br> Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Swell</a> <a href="/acts/28-6.htm">Swelled</a> <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/numbers/11-23.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/exodus/39-41.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Swell</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Swelled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-18.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness to Israel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your clothing did not wear out</b><br>This phrase highlights God's miraculous provision for the Israelites during their 40-year journey in the wilderness. The preservation of clothing symbolizes God's care and sustenance, ensuring that their basic needs were met despite the harsh conditions. This miracle underscores the theme of divine faithfulness and provision, which is a recurring motif throughout the Bible. It also serves as a reminder of God's ability to provide for His people in seemingly impossible situations, reflecting His sovereignty and power. This provision can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides for the spiritual needs of believers, ensuring they are clothed in righteousness.<p><b>and your feet did not swell</b><br>The reference to the Israelites' feet not swelling is another testament to God's protection and care. In the harsh desert environment, where long journeys on foot could lead to physical ailments, this preservation is significant. It indicates God's concern for the physical well-being of His people, ensuring they were able to continue their journey without hindrance. This can be connected to other scriptures where God promises to sustain and uphold His people, such as <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a>, which speaks of those who hope in the Lord renewing their strength. It also reflects the idea of spiritual endurance, where believers are sustained by God's grace through life's trials.<p><b>during these forty years</b><br>The forty-year period in the wilderness is significant in biblical history, representing a time of testing, discipline, and reliance on God. This period was a result of the Israelites' disobedience and lack of faith, as seen in <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>, where God decrees that the generation that doubted Him would not enter the Promised Land. The number forty often symbolizes a period of trial and preparation in the Bible, as seen in the forty days of rain during the flood (<a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>) and Jesus' forty days of fasting in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). This time in the wilderness was meant to teach the Israelites dependence on God and prepare them for life in the Promised Land, much like how believers are refined through trials to grow in faith and reliance on Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who delivered God's laws and instructions, including the message in Deuteronomy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who wandered in the wilderness for forty years due to their disobedience and lack of faith.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites wandered after their exodus from Egypt, a place of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The miraculous sustenance provided by God, including clothing that did not wear out and feet that did not swell.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/forty_years.htm">Forty Years</a></b><br>The period of time the Israelites spent in the wilderness, symbolizing a generation and a time of testing and preparation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_provision.htm">God's Faithfulness in Provision</a></b><br>God provided for the Israelites' physical needs in miraculous ways, demonstrating His faithfulness and care. This encourages us to trust in God's provision in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The Israelites' experience in the wilderness teaches us the importance of relying on God rather than our own strength or resources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_lessons_from_physical_needs.htm">Spiritual Lessons from Physical Needs</a></b><br>The physical provisions of clothing and health symbolize deeper spiritual truths about God's sustaining power and the importance of spiritual readiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_god's_sustenance.htm">Gratitude for God's Sustenance</a></b><br>Recognizing God's provision should lead us to a heart of gratitude and worship, acknowledging His ongoing care in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>The forty years in the wilderness were a time of testing and growth. Similarly, our trials can be opportunities for spiritual development and deeper reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/deut._8_4__can_clothes_last_40_years.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 – Is it believable, from a physical standpoint, that clothing and footwear remained intact for four decades? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_traces_of_exodus.htm">How do we explain the absence of archaeological traces of the Israelites’ forty-year wilderness journey before receiving the law in Exodus 20? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/(deut_29_5)_how_did_clothes_last_40_years.htm">(Deut 29:5) How could clothing and sandals remain intact for 40 years in the wilderness without decaying? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_caleb_as_strong_at_85_as_at_40.htm">In Joshua 14:10–11, how can an 85-year-old Caleb realistically maintain the same physical strength he had at 40? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee.</span>--The Jewish commentators say that it grew with their growth, from childhood to manhood. We cannot say that anything miraculous is certainly intended, though it is not impossible. It may mean that God in His providence directed them to clothe themselves in a manner suitable to their journey and their mode of life, just as He taught them how to make and clothe His own tabernacle with various fabrics and coverings of skin. This tabernacle, which was God's dwelling, was (like the Temple) a figure of man. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm" title="I clothed you also with broidered work, and shod you with badgers' skin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.">Ezekiel 16:10</a> : "I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin.")<p><span class= "bld">Neither did thy foot swell.</span>--Just as those who were to die in the wilderness could not live, so those who were to enter Canaan were preserved in health through the journey thither. It seems allowable to point out the spiritual interpretation of the passage also. If "the way" that God leads any of His children through this present evil world should seem long, and should entail constant need of renewal and cleansing in His sight, He provides us with "raiment that waxes not old," in the everlasting righteousness of His Son, and also in the good works which He prepares for us to walk in--that "fine linen which is the righteousness of saints." He also says of those that wait on the Lord that they shall "walk, and not faint" (<a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm" title="But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.">Isaiah 40:31</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - As the manna furnished by God's creative power saved them from hunger, so by God's providence and care their raiment was marvelously kept from decay, and they had not to go barefoot from their sandals being worn out. Waxed not old upon thee; literally, <span class="accented">d</span>i<span class="accented">d not fall away</span>, <span class="accented">waste away from upon thee</span>. This cannot mean that such was the abundant supply of raiment to the Israelites in the Arabian desert, that there was no need for them to wear garments rent and tattered from long use, as they had large flocks and herds whence a sufficient supply of wool and leather could be obtained, and there were among them skilled artificers, by whom these could be made into articles of clothing (Rosenmüller, J. D. Michaelis, etc.). For, as Knobel observes, "This were something too insignificant beside the miraculous manna; and besides, this does not lie in the expression, which rather intimates that the clothes upon them were not worn out nor fell from them in rags, because God gave them a marvelous durability." At the same time, there is no reason to suppose that the Israelites did not make use of such supplies as were within their reach for purposes of clothing, any more than that they lived only on manna during the forty years of their wandering. Still less need we resort to such fanciful suppositions as that the garments of the Israelitish children expanded as they grew up, like the shells of snails - which is the notion of some of the Jewish rabbins, and adopted by some of the Christian Fathers (see Deyling, 'Obss. Sacc.,' II. 17. p. 247). <span class="cmt_word">Neither did thy foot swell.</span> The verb here is found in only one other passage (<a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a>), where this passage is repeated; and the meaning is doubtful. The LXX. render here by <span class="greek">ἐτυλώθησαν</span>, <span class="accented">became callous</span>; but in Nehemiah the rendering they give is <span class="greek">διερράγησαν</span>, <span class="accented">were torn</span>, the object torn being, according to the Cod. Vat., <span class="greek">πόδες</span> <span class="accented">abbey</span>, <span class="accented">their feet</span>, according to the Cod. Alex., <span class="greek">τὰ ὑποδήματα αφφραψ</span>, <span class="accented">their sandals</span>. In <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5</a>, the shoe or sandal is specially mentioned in the same connection as here. The verb, however, cannot mean tear or torn, neither does it mean swell; the idea involved is rather that of softening, or , melting or flowing; and the meaning here seems to be, "Thy foot did not get into a bruised and wounded state" - which would have been the case had their sandals not been preserved from breaking or being worn out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your clothing</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜</span> <span class="translit">(śim·lā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8071.htm">Strong's 8071: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dress, a mantle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wear out</span><br /><span class="heb">בָֽלְתָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·lə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1086.htm">Strong's 1086: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fail, to wear out, decay</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרַגְלְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·raḡ·lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swell</span><br /><span class="heb">בָצֵ֑קָה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ṣê·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1216.htm">Strong's 1216: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, blister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">during these</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 8:4 Your clothing didn't grow old on you (Deut. 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