Deuteronomy 11:9
in Deuteronomy 11and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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ASV
and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJV
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments
on Deuteronomy 11:8-9
The recital of what they saw turns into a charge, and the first thing promised is strength for the taking of the land. Milk and honey entered Scripture at Exodus 3:8, in what God said to Moses at the bush, and it runs from there to the end of the Torah as the standing description of the place. Long days in the land is the promise attached to honouring parents at Exodus 20:12, and here it is attached to the whole law.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): That you may prolong your days in this land that your eye is upon. Sin tends to the shortening of the days of particular persons and to the shortening of the days of a people's prosperity; but obedience will be a lengthening out of their tranquillity.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
I speak not with your children which have not known . . . But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did--Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny of Pharaoh, as well as those which had taken place in the wilderness.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְמַ֨עַן | ulemaan | and so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ | taarikhu | you may prolong | H748 → | 34 times |
| יָמִים֙ | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֨ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יְהוָ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֛ם | laavoteikhem | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לָתֵ֥ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to them | ||
| וּלְזַרְעָ֑ם | ulezaram | and to offspring their | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אֶ֛רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| זָבַ֥ת | zavat | flowing of | H2100 → | 42 times |
| חָלָ֖ב | chalav | milk | H2461 → | 44 times |
| וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | 54 times |
וּלְמַ֨עַןand so that
ulemaanH4616 →272 times
תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּyou may prolong
taarikhuH748 →34 times
יָמִים֙days
yamimH3117 →2304 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁר֩which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֨עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
יְהוָ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֛םto ancestors your
laavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
לָתֵ֥תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םto them
lahem
וּלְזַרְעָ֑םand to offspring their
ulezaramH2233 →229 times
אֶ֛רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
זָבַ֥תflowing of
zavatH2100 →42 times
חָלָ֖בmilk
chalavH2461 →44 times
וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סand honey
udevashH1706 →54 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…
- Genesis 15:18–21
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Deuteronomy 1:25
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
- Exodus 13:5
And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
- Genesis 50:24
Through
Deuteronomy 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers,…
- Deuteronomy 6:3
Through
Deuteronomy 6:2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your…
- Exodus 20:20
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
- Deuteronomy 4:40
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.