Nehemiah 9:21 - Tree of Life Version For forty years You sustained them in the desert: they lacked nothing, their garments did not wear out and their feet did not swell. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Common English Bible You kept them alive for forty years— they lacked nothing in the wilderness! Their clothes didn’t wear out, and their feet didn’t swell. Catholic Public Domain Version For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn. |
Bnei-Yisrael ate the manna for 40 years. They ate the manna until they came to an inhabited land, when they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to Me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
For Adonai your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand—He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These 40 years Adonai your God has been with you—you have lacked nothing.”’
Bread you have not eaten and wine and strong drink you have not drunk—in order that you may know that I am Adonai your God.
You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.
Neither did your clothing wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these 40 years.