Deuteronomy 8:5

The NET Bible®

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall know in your heart that Yahweh your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This also shalt thou consider in thine heart: that as a man chastiseth his sonne, euen so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
You must remember that the Lord your God teaches and corrects you as a father teaches and corrects his son.

Revised Standard Version
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.

World English Bible
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

King James Version
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vnderstonde therfore in thine hert, that as a man nurtoureth his sonne, euen so hath the LORDE thy God nurtured the.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

Bible in Basic English
Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

Update Bible Version
And you shall consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

New King James Version
You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.

Contemporary English Version
So keep in mind that the Lord has been correcting you, just as parents correct their children.

Complete Jewish Bible
Think deeply about it: Adonai was disciplining you, just as a man disciplines his child.

Darby Translation
And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.

George Lamsa Translation
You must know in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

Good News Translation
Remember that the Lord your God corrects and punishes you just as parents discipline their children.

Amplified Bible
"Therefore, know in your heart (be fully cognizant) that the LORD your God disciplines and instructs you just as a man disciplines and instructs his son.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

New Living Translation
Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the Lord your God disciplines you for your own good.

New Life Bible
So know in your heart that the Lord your God was punishing you just as a man punishes his son.

New Revised Standard
Know then in your heart that as a parent disciplines a child so the Lord your God disciplines you.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt know in thine heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Berean Standard Bible
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou must consider, then with thy heart, - that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.

Lexham English Bible
And you should know with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God is disciplining you.

Literal Translation
And you have known with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, Jehovah your God disciplines you.

English Standard Version
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.

New American Standard Bible
"So you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

New Century Version
Know in your heart that the Lord your God corrects you as a parent corrects a child.

Christian Standard Bible®
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the fourtith yeer is; that thou thenke in thin herte, for as a man techith his sone,

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

Contextual Overview

¹ You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ² Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not. ³ So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord 's mouth. ⁴ Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years. ⁵ Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you. ⁶ So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills, ⁸ a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey, ⁹ a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

consider: Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:23, Isaiah 1:3, Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 18:28

as a man: 2 Samuel 7:14, Job 5:17, Job 5:18, Psalms 89:32, Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 3:12, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 12:5-11, Revelation 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:18 - when they Job 33:19 - chastened Hebrews 12:6 - whom

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart,.... Frequently think of, and meditate upon, revolve in their thoughts, well weigh in their minds, and take into thorough and deliberate consideration in their hearts; it being a matter of great moment and importance to them for their peace and comfort and the glory of God, namely, what follows:

that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee; that they stood in the same relation to God as a son to a father, and therefore happy and honourable; that all their afflictions came from God, were appointed, sent, directed, and overruled by him for his own glory and their good; that these were the chastenings and corrections of a father, and were not done in wrath, but in love, and therefore should be patiently endured; and it became them to consider well from what hand they came, and in what manner, and for what ends and purposes, how they ought to behave under them, and what they should do, as follows.