5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place,
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 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 for 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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:5
Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:1-7
(Read Deuteronomy 11:1-7)
Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1 John 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes had seen. What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should affect us, and make us better long afterwards.