Deuteronomy 28:13
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
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ASV
And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them,
KJV
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּנְתָֽנְךָ֨ | u.ne.ta.ne.Kha | and he will make you | H5414 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לְרֹאשׁ֙ | le.roSh | into [the] head | H7218 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| לְזָנָ֔ב | le.za.Nav | into [the] tail | H2180 → |
| וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ | ve.ha.Yi.ta | and you will be | H1961 → |
| רַ֣ק | rak | only | H7535 → |
| לְמַ֔עְלָה | le.Ma'.lah | <to> upwards <towards> | H4605 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תִהְיֶ֖ה | tih.Yeh | you will be | H1961 → |
| לְמָ֑טָּה | le.Ma.tah | <to> downwards | H4295 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → |
| תִשְׁמַ֞ע | tish.Ma' | you will listen | H8085 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מִצְוֹ֣ת׀ | mitz.Vot | [the] commandments of | H4687 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| אָנֹכִ֧י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| מְצַוְּךָ֛ | me.tza.ve.Kha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | hai.Yom | this day | H3117 → |
| לִשְׁמֹ֥ר | lish.Mor | to take care | H8104 → |
| וְלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ | ve.la.'a.Sot | and to do | H6213 → |
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