Deuteronomy 29:9
in Deuteronomy 29So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
KJV
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That ye may prosper - literally, “that ye may act wisely.” The connection of the two ideas of wisdom in conduct and prosperity in circumstances is noteworthy.
This site's exposition
When you reached this place
on Deuteronomy 29:7-9
Sihon and Og are the last events this generation took part in, so the retelling stops there. Numbers 21:21-35 gives the battles and Numbers 32 the grant of that land to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
This site's exposition
So keep and follow the
So draws the charge to keep and follow the covenant out of verses 2 to 8. Henry says the people's own eyes proved the facts and their own reason could judge the inference. Gratitude binds them as much as duty, he adds.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,....
He requires not their explicit consent, but lays the matter plainly before them, and then leaves it between God and their own consciences. The parties to this covenant. It is the Lord their God they are to covenant with,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
מחטב עציך FROM THE WOODCUTTER [UNTO THE DRAWER OF THE WATER] — This teaches that some of the Canaanites came in Moses' days to become proselytes just as the Gibeonites came in the days of Joshua, — and this is the meaning of what is stated of the Gibeonites, (Joshua:4) “And they also acted cunningly”; — and Moses made them woodcutters and drawers of water (cf. Midrash Tanchuma, Nitzavim 2).
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Your young, your wives, and your convert who is within your camps; from your wood cutters to the water drawers.
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. 3 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗ם | ushemartem | and you will keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּבְרֵי֙ | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַבְּרִ֣ית | haberit | the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם | vaasitem | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תַּשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ | taskilu | you may cause to prosper | H7919 → | |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃ פ | taasun | you will do ! | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗םand you will keep
ushemartemH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דִּבְרֵי֙[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
הַבְּרִ֣יתthe covenant
haberitH1285 →284 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םand you will do
vaasitemH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
לְמַ֣עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
תַּשְׂכִּ֔ילוּyou may cause to prosper
taskiluH7919 →
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃ פyou will do !
taasunH6213 →2628 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
Joshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- 1 Chronicles 22:13
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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.