For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are rivers of water and fountains, and [a]depths that spring out of valleys and mountains:

A land of wheat and barley, and of vineyards, and fig trees, and pomegranates: a land of oil, olive and honey:

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarcity, neither shalt thou lack anything therein: a land [b]whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou shalt dig brass.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:7 Or, meres.
  2. Deuteronomy 8:9 Where there are mines of metal.

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land(A)—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;(B) a land with wheat and barley,(C) vines(D) and fig trees,(E) pomegranates, olive oil and honey;(F) a land where bread(G) will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;(H) a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.(I)

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