Deuteronomy 30:10
in Deuteronomy 30if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
KJV
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
7 notes on this verseIf thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God,.... Or rather, "for thou shalt hearken" (p); seeing it is before promised that the Lord would circumcise their hearts to love him, and they should obey his voice, Deu 30:
This site's exposition
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD
on Deuteronomy 30:8-10
Verse 9 hands back the blessing words of 28:4 and 28:11, the fruit of womb, livestock and land, so the promise is measured in the terms the curse used. Gill argued that the “if” of verse 10 has the force of for, since verse 6 has already promised the obedience, while other readers keep the condition as a condition.
This site's exposition
if you obey the LORD
Wesley reads the if as a warning against receiving the grace of God in vain. Grace never cancels duty, he adds. Henry finds the covenant of grace ordered so that whatever it requires it also promises, as verse 6 promises the heart that will turn to the LORD with all its soul.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is observable, that Moses calls God, the Lord thy God twelve times in these ten verses. In the threatnings of the former chapter, he is all along called the Lord, a God of power, and the judge of all. But in the promises of this chapter, the Lord thy God, a God of grace, and in covenant with thee.
) with all thy heart and with all thy soul. We must return to our allegiance to God as our Lord and ruler, our dependence upon him as our Father and benefactor, our devotedness to him as our highest end, and our communion with him as our God in covenant.
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The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) of the Lord.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
For the main part of all the commandments is there, 6 Hence Scripture mentions the written law and omits the oral law.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The meaning thereof is that it refers to the entire Torah. But the correct interpretation is that when he refers to the entire Torah, he says [as above] Every commandment which I command thee this day. 67 Above:1.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תִשְׁמַ֗ע | tishma' | you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקוֹל֙ | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לִשְׁמֹ֤ר | lishmor | to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| מִצְוֹתָיו֙ | mitzvotav | commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יו | vechukotav | and statutes his | H2708 → | 104 times |
| הַכְּתוּבָ֕ה | haketuvah | that is written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּסֵ֥פֶר | besefer | in [the] book of | H5612 → | 186 times |
| הַתּוֹרָ֖ה | hatorah | the law | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תָשׁוּב֙ | tashuv | you will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לְבָבְךָ֖ | levavekha | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ פ | nafshekha | being your | H5315 → | 754 times |
כִּ֣יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
תִשְׁמַ֗עyou will listen
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
בְּקוֹל֙to [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
לִשְׁמֹ֤רto keep
lishmorH8104 →468 times
מִצְוֹתָיו֙commandments his
mitzvotavH4687 →181 times
וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יוand statutes his
vechukotavH2708 →104 times
הַכְּתוּבָ֕הthat is written
haketuvahH3789 →224 times
בְּסֵ֥פֶרin [the] book of
beseferH5612 →186 times
הַתּוֹרָ֖הthe law
hatorahH8451 →219 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
כִּ֤יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
תָשׁוּב֙you will return
tashuvH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לְבָבְךָ֖heart your
levavekhaH3824 →252 times
וּבְכָל־and with all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ פbeing your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 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
Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:2
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 29:12–14
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Psalms 119:10
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:2
Through
Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:11–14
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Deuteronomy 30:2–5
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
- Deuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Jeremiah 29:11–14
Where this verse is studied
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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.