Deuteronomy 11:5

5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place,

Deuteronomy 11:5 in Other Translations

5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

5 and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place,

5 “Your children didn’t see how the LORD cared for you in the wilderness until you arrived here.

5 Nor was it your children who saw how God took care of you in the wilderness up until the time you arrived here,

5 what He did to you in the wilderness until you reached this place;

Deuteronomy 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:5

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came
unto this place.
] Meaning not so much the good things he did for them in divers places, as the chastisements and corrections he had exercised them with for their murmurings, rebellions, idolatry, and uncleanness, as at Taberah, Kibrothhattaavah, on the coast of Edom, and plains of Moab; by fire, by sword, by plagues, and fiery serpents; the instances both before and after being of this sort.

Deuteronomy 11:5 In-Context

3 the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;

4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the LORD brought lasting ruin on them.

5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place,

6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.

7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.