The wilderness: see verse 19.

You have seen: the emphasis here is on the people’s own experience. Moses is simply reminding them of what they themselves know, because all of this happened to them.

The LORD your God bore you, as a man bears his son: the verb “to bear” means to carry, so that his son refers to a young child. However, in many languages two different verbs will be used; for example, “how he brought you … just as a father will carry” (Good News Translation) or “has taken care of you … just as you might carry” (Contemporary English Version).

In all that way that you went until you came to this place: care must be taken with the two verbs went and came so that the proper perspective is maintained. “This place” is Kadesh Barnea (verse 19). It is possible to change the order of the clauses of this verse as follows: “and you know that the LORD has taken care of you [or, us] all the time you [or, we] have been in the wilderness, just as you [or, we] might carry one of your [or, our] children.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .