Deuteronomy 8:9 (YLT)

Passage

a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones <FI>are<Fi> iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:7 `For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:

Deuteronomy 8:8 a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;

Deuteronomy 8:9 a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones <FI>are<Fi> iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

Deuteronomy 8:10 and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.

Deuteronomy 8:11 `Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "without", "scarcity", "dost", and "bread". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "without", 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 "and thou hast eaten and been satisfied...", so "land" and "without" 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 "without" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.