For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
All Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8:7 Go To Deuteronomy 8
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Out. The Jordan was the only river of consequence; but there were many torrents, which rendered the country very different from that where they had been travelling for 40 years. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "of fountains, of abysses, which spring in vales and on mountains "having their origin in the sea. (Chaldean; Ecclesiastes i. 7.) "Judea is famous for its waters "says Solinus, (35,) "and the Jordan, a most enchanting river, runs through regions of equal beauty. "(Calmet)