Deuteronomy 8:15 (KJV)

Passage

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

Deuteronomy 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Deuteronomy 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Deuteronomy 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thee", "through", "great", "terrible", "wilderness", "wherein", "fiery", and "serpents". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thee" and "through", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Then thine heart be lifted up and..." into verse 16's "Who fed thee in the wilderness with...", so "thee" and "through" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thee" and "through" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.