Deuteronomy 6:11
in Deuteronomy 6with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;
KJV
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
when the LORD your God brings you into the land
on Deuteronomy 6:10-12
The danger this chapter names is prosperity. Cities "that you did not build," wells "that you did not dig," and vineyards "that you did not plant" are all handed over. The warning comes "when you eat and are satisfied," to "be careful not to forget the LORD."
This site's exposition
wells that you did not dig
Each gift comes ready made, so Israel would inherit the labour of others. The verse ends at the point of danger, when you eat and are satisfied. Albert Barnes names two dangers in a settled life, a worldliness that forgets God and a false tolerance of the neighbours' idols.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And houses full of all good things which thou filledst not,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
חצובים [CISTERNS] HEWN OUT — Because it (Palestine) was a country of stony ground and rocks, the term "hewn" is applicable here.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THE ETERNAL THY G-D SHALL BRING THEE etc. He mentions here that, with the increase of beneficence, Israel [i.e., each individual Israelite] should remember the days of his affliction and of his anguish, 263 Lamentations:7.
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. 5 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
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָ֨תִּ֜ים | uvatim | and houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מְלֵאִ֣ים | meleim | full | H4392 → | 64 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טוּב֮ | tuv | good thing | H2898 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מִלֵּאתָ֒ | mileta | you filled | H4390 → | |
| וּבֹרֹ֤ת | uvorot | and wells | H953 → | |
| חֲצוּבִים֙ | chatzuvim | dug out | H2672 → | 25 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| חָצַ֔בְתָּ | chatzavta | you dug | H2672 → | 25 times |
| כְּרָמִ֥ים | keramim | vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| וְזֵיתִ֖ים | vezeitim | and olive trees | H2132 → | 38 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נָטָ֑עְתָּ | nataeta | you planted | H5193 → | 58 times |
| וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ | veakhalta | and you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְשָׂבָֽעְתָּ׃ | vesavaeta | and you will be satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
וּבָ֨תִּ֜יםand houses
uvatimH1004 →2046 times
מְלֵאִ֣יםfull
meleimH4392 →64 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
טוּב֮good thing
tuvH2898 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מִלֵּאתָ֒you filled
miletaH4390 →
וּבֹרֹ֤תand wells
uvorotH953 →
חֲצוּבִים֙dug out
chatzuvimH2672 →25 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
חָצַ֔בְתָּyou dug
chatzavtaH2672 →25 times
כְּרָמִ֥יםvineyards
keramimH3754 →92 times
וְזֵיתִ֖יםand olive trees
vezeitimH2132 →38 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
נָטָ֑עְתָּyou planted
nataetaH5193 →58 times
וְאָכַלְתָּ֖and you will eat
veakhaltaH398 →810 times
וְשָׂבָֽעְתָּ׃and you will be satisfied
vesavaetaH7646 →97 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.