Deuteronomy 8:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord - literally, “every outgoing of the mouth of the Lord.” Compare ([Re…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And he ... suffered you to hunger, and fed you. — This was a process that was naturally humbling. He might easily have fe…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know.

What a wonderful sequence there is i…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger. Since they were sometimes made to suffer hunger in the wilderness, he proves the advanta…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And he humbled thee
Or afflicted you with want of bread:

and suffered thee to hunger

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Obedience must be:

Careful, to observe and do;

Universal, to do all the commandments; and

From a good principle, wit…

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