Deuteronomy 30:8
in Deuteronomy 30And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
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ASV
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
KJV
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD
on Deuteronomy 30:8-10
Verse 9 hands back the blessing words of 28:4 and 28:11, the fruit of womb, livestock and land. The promise is measured in the terms the curse used. Gill argued that the “if” of verse 10 has the force of for, since verse 6 has already promised the obedience.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
An upright heart has respect to all God's commandments, Ps. cxix. What the favour is which is promised upon this repentance. Though they are brought to God by their trouble and distress, in the nations whither they were driven (
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): Thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord. He that requires us to return promises grace to enable us to return: and it is our fault if that grace be not effectual. herein the covenant of grace is well ordered, that whatsoever is required in the covenant is promised.
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And thou shall return, and obey the voice of the Lord,....
The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֣ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תָשׁ֔וּב | tashuv | you will turn | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ | veshama'ta | and you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּק֣וֹל | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ | veasita | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִצְוֹתָ֔יו | mitzvotav | commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֖ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְאַתָּ֣הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
תָשׁ֔וּבyou will turn
tashuvH7725 →1056 times
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖and you will listen
veshama'taH8085 →1159 times
בְּק֣וֹלto [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙and you will do
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מִצְוֹתָ֔יוcommandments his
mitzvotavH4687 →181 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 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
Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
- Hebrews 13:21
Through
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
it leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Titus 3:3–6
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.