King James Bible
"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;"
Moses reminds Israel that God personally guided them through the hostile Sinai desert during their 40-year journey. The emphasis on divine leadership underscores that their survival wasn't due to their own strength but to God's direct intervention and care. The wilderness is characterized by multiple deadly threats: venomous creatures and extreme dehydration. This catalog of dangers serves to magnify God's protective power, as Israel survived what should have been unsurvivable conditions. References the miraculous provision at Horeb (Exodus 17) and Kadesh (Numbers 20), where God commanded water to flow from solid rock. The specification of 'flint'—an especially hard stone—emphasizes the impossibility overcome by divine power, proving God's ability to provide in the most barren circumstances.