Deuteronomy 8:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

Young's Literal Translation
a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
a land
אֶ֗רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

where
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you will eat
תֹּֽאכַל־ (tō·ḵal-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

food
לֶ֔חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

without
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

scarcity,
בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ (ḇə·mis·kê·nuṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4544: Poverty, scarcity

where you will lack
תֶחְסַ֥ר (ṯeḥ·sar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease

nothing;
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

a land
אֶ֚רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

whose rocks
אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ (’ă·ḇā·ne·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone

are iron
בַרְזֶ֔ל (ḇar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement

and whose hills
וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ (ū·mê·hă·rā·re·hā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2042: Hill, mountain

can be mined
תַּחְצֹ֥ב (taḥ·ṣōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

for copper.
נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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