a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
Parallel translations
- WEB a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
- KJV A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
- NKJV a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
- NASB a land where you will eat food without shortage, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
- NLT It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.
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Quick answer
In this land Israel will eat without scarcity and find iron and copper in its hills. The land supplies both food and resources in abundance.
Overview
The promised land lacks nothing, offering both nourishment and mineral wealth. This completeness underscores God's thorough provision for his people. Such sufficiency reminds believers that in God's care they lack no good thing, a fullness found supremely in Christ who satisfies every need.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Chr 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- Deut 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
- Josh 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
- Job 28:2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
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