¹⁵the one leading you in the great and terrible desert infested with dangerous^t snakes^u and scorpions^v and parched ground, where there is^w no water, and the one bringing out water for you from flint rock, ¹⁶the one feeding you^x manna in the desert, food that your ancestors^y did not know, in order to humble you and in order to test you so that he could do good to you in the future.^z

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Footnotes

tLiterally “burning”
uHebrew “snake”
vHebrew “scorpion”
wOr “was”
xLiterally “causing you to eat”
yOr “fathers”
zLiterally “in the end/later”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you. He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.

NLTNew Living Translation

Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock! He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.

KJV 1900King James Version

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; 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;

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