Deuteronomy 6:10
in Deuteronomy 6And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,
KJV
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land
on Deuteronomy 6:10-12
The danger this chapter names is prosperity. Cities thou buildedst not, houses thou filledst not, wells thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees thou plantedst not, and then when thou shalt have eaten and be full, beware lest thou forget. Forget is one of the two commands running through this book, nine occurrences against fourteen of remember, and what would be forgotten here is the house of bondage.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger; (1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and (2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors. The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deu 7:1-
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THE ETERNAL THY G-D SHALL BRING THEE etc. He mentions here that, with the increase of beneficence, Israel [i.e., each individual Israelite] should remember the days of his affliction and of his anguish, 263 Lamentations:7.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
חצובים [CISTERNS] HEWN OUT — Because it (Palestine) was a country of stony ground and rocks, the term "hewn" is applicable here.
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. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֞ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יְבִיאֲךָ֣׀ | yeviakha | he will bring you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֜רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֧ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ | laavoteikha | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם | leavraham | to Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| לְיִצְחָ֥ק | leyitzchak | to Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב | uleyaako | and to Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| לָ֣תֶת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| עָרִ֛ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| גְּדֹלֹ֥ת | gedolot | large | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְטֹבֹ֖ת | vetovot | and good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בָנִֽיתָ׃ | vanita | you built | H1129 → | 376 times |
וְהָיָ֞הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
יְבִיאֲךָ֣׀he will bring you
yeviakhaH935 →2568 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֜רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֧עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָto ancestors your
laavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
לְאַבְרָהָ֛םto Abraham
leavrahamH85 →175 times
לְיִצְחָ֥קto Isaac
leyitzchakH3327 →108 times
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖בand to Jacob
uleyaakoH3290 →350 times
לָ֣תֶתto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָ֑ךְto you
lakh
עָרִ֛יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
גְּדֹלֹ֥תlarge
gedolotH1419 →526 times
וְטֹבֹ֖תand good
vetovotH2896 →538 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
בָנִֽיתָ׃you built
vanitaH1129 →376 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
Joshua 24:13So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:10–12
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 6:10–12
Through
Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
it leads to
- Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
- Psalms 105:9
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 22:16–18
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Genesis 28:15
Through
Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:7
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- Joshua 13:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.