What Does Deuteronomy 11:7 Mean in the King James?

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.

Deuteronomy 11:7 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Sight itself becomes a witness: the LORD’s action is made visible to you.

THE MEANING

The verse addresses you as someone whose eyes have seen the LORD act. The great work is concrete and visible, not an abstract idea. Your seeing makes you a witness to what the LORD does.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the idea that the LORD’s action is only an unseen claim: here, your eyes have seen what was done.

THE ROOT

הָרֹאוֹת

ha-ro'ot

GROWS FROM

ראה

ra'ah

to see, look, perceive

“have seen” in this verse is ha-ro'ot. The form presents the eyes as “the seeing ones,” making sight a witness to action. This same root names both a seer and an appearance, binding the one who sees to what is made visible.

ALSO GROWS

ro'eh: seer; one who sees

רֹאֶה

This branch makes the act of seeing into a person’s role: the eyes in this verse bear witness.

mar'eh: appearance; sight

מַרְאֶה

This branch names what comes into view, linking the LORD’s deeds with what the eyes perceive.

מַעֲשֵׂה

ma'aseh

GROWS FROM

עשה

asah

to do, make

Ma’aseh names a deed or work from the root ⁨עשה⁩ (asah), “to do, make.” The word keeps the LORD’s doing inside the “acts” you see: the verse points to action made visible.

ALSO GROWS

oseh: doing; one who does or makes

עֹשֶׂה

This form keeps the focus on the one acting, which the verse identifies as the LORD.

asiyyah: making; action

עֲשִׂיָּה

This branch carries the root’s sense of action, illuminating the deeds as what has been done.

THE PATTERN

Seeing becomes witness when the LORD’s action takes visible form.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Exodus 14:13 · KJVThe same Hebrew root ⁨ראה⁩ (ra’ah), “to see,” makes perception the way you witness the LORD’s deliverance.

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Psalm 66:5 · KJVSeeing leads directly to the works of God, joining what is visible to the one who acts.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 1:14 · KJVHere too, what is seen is the presence and action of God made visible.

THE THREAD

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Exodus 14:13 · KJV

Both verses use ⁨ראה⁩ (ra’ah), “to see.” In Deuteronomy, your eyes see the LORD’s deeds; in Exodus, seeing opens onto the LORD’s deliverance. The shared root links visible action with recognition of what the LORD does.

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