Deuteronomy 8:9 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Deuteronomy 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "wherein", "thou", "shalt", "bread", "without", and "scarceness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "wherein", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "A land of wheat and barley and..." into verse 10's "When thou hast eaten and art full...", so "land" and "wherein" 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 "land" and "wherein" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.