The Meaning of Deuteronomy 8:13 Explained

Deuteronomy 8:13

KJV: And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

YLT: and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

Darby: and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,

ASV: and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [when] thy herds  and thy flocks  multiply,  and thy silver  and thy gold  is multiplied,  and all that thou hast is multiplied; 

What does Deuteronomy 8:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 8:1-20 - Beware Of Forgetting God
"Thou shalt remember," Deuteronomy 8:2; "thou shalt consider," Deuteronomy 8:5; "thou shalt bless," Deuteronomy 8:10.
The lessons of hunger, Deuteronomy 8:1-9 : "Suffered to hunger." "Blessed are they that hunger." "Man doth not live by bread only;" he hungers for knowledge, opportunity, society, love. How many wan faces around us bear witness to the gnawing within. But the Father suffered His Son to fast; and so he deals with us, to prove us. It is only through the discipline of the soul, in learning to go without, that it can be trusted with spiritual opulence and power. See Deuteronomy 8:7-9.
The perils of prosperity, Deuteronomy 8:10-20 : It is harder to walk with God in the sunshine of success than in the nipping frosts of failure. When Paul said, "I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound," he put the hardest last. The one secret is to give all the glory to God, and to look always to the Cross, where we were crucified to the pride of the flesh, Philippians 2:7-11; Philippians 4:12. "I lay in dust life's glory dead!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 8

1  An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness to Israel

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 8:13 mean?

And [when] your herds and your flocks multiply and your silver and your gold are multiplied to you all that you have is multiplied
וּבְקָֽרְךָ֤ וְצֹֽאנְךָ֙ יִרְבְּיֻ֔ן וְכֶ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב יִרְבֶּה־ לָּ֑ךְ וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ לְךָ֖ יִרְבֶּֽה

וּבְקָֽרְךָ֤  And  [when]  your  herds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
וְצֹֽאנְךָ֙  and  your  flocks 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
יִרְבְּיֻ֔ן  multiply 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
וְכֶ֥סֶף  and  your  silver 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְזָהָ֖ב  and  your  gold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
יִרְבֶּה־  are  multiplied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
לָּ֑ךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לְךָ֖  you  have 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
יִרְבֶּֽה  is  multiplied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.

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