Deuteronomy 11:27
in Deuteronomy 11a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
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ASV
the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day;
KJV
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I am setting before you a blessing and a curse
on Deuteronomy 11:26-28
The book's close is laid out here: a choice between a blessing and a curse. Chapters 27 and 28 stage them at length, fourteen verses of blessing against fifty-four of curse. The choice comes last at 30:19 as life and death.
This site's exposition
a blessing if you obey
Adam Clarke argues from the blessing and the curse that the people had a real power to obey or to disobey. He reasons that commandments sanctioned by blessing and curse would make no sense for people who were not free agents. Obedience is the path to the blessing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God,.... That is, a blessing should come upon them, even all temporal blessings they stood in need of; they should be blessed in body and estate, in their families, and in their flocks, in town and country; see Deu 28:1, which I command you this day; afresh repeated to them, and enjoined them the observation of it in the name of the Lord.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּרָכָ֑ה | haberakhah | the blessing | H1293 → | 69 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׁמְע֗וּ | tishmeu | you will obey | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִצְוֹת֙ | mitzvot | [the] commandments of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוֶּ֥ה | metzaveh | [am] commanding | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּרָכָ֑הthe blessing
haberakhahH1293 →69 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּשְׁמְע֗וּyou will obey
tishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִצְוֹת֙[the] commandments of
mitzvotH4687 →181 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֛יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוֶּ֥ה[am] commanding
metzavehH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
הַיּֽוֹם׃this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 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
Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
it leads to
- Luke 6:47–48
I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
- Luke 8:21
But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
- Psalms 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- James 1:21–25
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Luke 6:47–48
Through
Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:15–16
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Deuteronomy 30:15–16
Through
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
it leads to
- Psalms 128:1–2
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Psalms 128:1–2
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the 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.