A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Parallel translations
- WEB a land which Yahweh your God cares for. Yahweh your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
- BSB It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
- NKJV a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.
- NASB a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.
- NLT a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!
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Quick answer
It is a land the Lord personally cares for, with His eyes upon it all year. God's attentive providence watches over His people's land.
Overview
Moses describes Canaan as a land under God's continual care and watchful eye. Year-round, the Lord superintends its provision and welfare. This picture of God's constant, caring oversight assures His people of His providence, fully revealed in Christ who upholds all things.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Jer 24:6For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Ps 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- 1 Kgs 9:3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
- Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- Ezra 5:5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
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