Deuteronomy 11:19
in Deuteronomy 11Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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ASV
And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
KJV
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Fix these words of mine in your hearts
on Deuteronomy 11:18-21
This repeats 6:6-9 within the same speech: the words in the heart, on the hand and forehead, and on doorposts and gates. Verse 18 is plural where 6:6 was singular, and verse 19 returns to the singular for the house.
This site's exposition
Teach them to your children
Verse 2 set apart the children who had seen none of these works, and verse 19 gives the remedy. The generation that saw them must speak of them at home and on the road until the children know them. Psalm 78:5 to 7 carries this charge to every later generation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
We cannot expect good practices in the conversation, unless there be good thoughts, good affections, and good principles, in the heart. Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God. "Bind these words for a sign upon your hand, which is always in view ( Isa. xlix.
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥ם | velimadtem | and you will teach | H3925 → | 85 times |
| אֹתָ֛ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם | beneikhem | children your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לְדַבֵּ֣ר | ledaber | by speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בָּ֑ם | bam | in <the> them | ||
| בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ | beshivtekha | when sitting you | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ | beveitekha | in house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ | uvelekhtekha | and when walking you | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ | vaderekh | on the road | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ | uveshakhebekha | and when lying down you | H7901 → | 212 times |
| וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃ | uvekumecha | and when rising up you | H6965 → | 628 times |
וְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥םand you will teach
velimadtemH3925 →85 times
אֹתָ֛ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵיכֶ֖םchildren your
beneikhemH1121 →4930 times
לְדַבֵּ֣רby speaking
ledaberH1696 →1141 times
בָּ֑םin <the> them
bam
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤when sitting you
beshivtekhaH3427 →1079 times
בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙in house your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣and when walking you
uvelekhtekhaH1980 →1546 times
בַדֶּ֔רֶךְon the road
vaderekhH1870 →707 times
וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖and when lying down you
uveshakhebekhaH7901 →212 times
וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃and when rising up you
uvekumechaH6965 →628 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 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Psalms 78:4–6
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
- 1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and…
- Deuteronomy 4:9–10
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Deuteronomy 6:2
so 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…
- Ephesians 6:4
Through
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 3:1
Through
Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
it leads to
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Proverbs 1:7
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.