Deuteronomy 8:7 (KJV)

Passage

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Deuteronomy 8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Deuteronomy 8:9 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "bringeth", "thee", "good", "land", "brooks", and "water". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "bringeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of..." into verse 8's "A land of wheat and barley and...", so "lord" and "bringeth" 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 "lord" and "bringeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.