Deuteronomy 11
WEB·Deuteronomy 11
1Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
KJVTherefore thou shalt loveH157(H8804) the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, and keepH8104(H8804) his chargeH4931, and his statutesH2708, and his judgmentsH4941, and his commandmentsH4687, alwayH3117.
2 Know this day—for I don’t speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm,
KJVAnd knowH3045(H8804) ye this dayH3117: for I speak not with your childrenH1121 which have not knownH3045(H8804), and which have not seenH7200(H8804) the chastisementH4148 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430, his greatnessH1433, his mightyH2389 handH3027, and his stretched outH5186(H8803) armH2220,
3 his signs, and his works, which he did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
KJVAnd his miraclesH226, and his actsH4639, which he didH6213(H8804) in the midstH8432 of EgyptH4714 unto PharaohH6547 the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714, and unto all his landH776;
4 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
KJVAnd what he didH6213(H8804) unto the armyH2428 of EgyptH4714, unto their horsesH5483, and to their chariotsH7393; how he made the waterH4325 of the RedH5488 seaH3220 to overflowH6687(H8689) themH6440 as they pursuedH7291(H8800) afterH310 you, and how the LORDH3068 hath destroyedH6(H8762) them unto this dayH3117;
5 and what he did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place;
KJVAnd what he didH6213(H8804) unto you in the wildernessH4057, until ye cameH935(H8800) into this placeH4725;
6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel;
KJVAnd what he didH6213(H8804) unto DathanH1885 and AbiramH48, the sonsH1121 of EliabH446, the sonH1121 of ReubenH7205: how the earthH776 openedH6475(H8804) her mouthH6310, and swallowed them upH1104(H8799), and their householdsH1004, and their tentsH168, and all the substanceH3351 that was in their possessionH7272, in the midstH7130 of all IsraelH3478:
7 but your eyes have seen all of Yahweh’s great work which he did.
KJVBut your eyesH5869 have seenH7200(H8802) all the greatH1419 actsH4639 of the LORDH3068 which he didH6213(H8804).
8 Therefore you shall keep the entire commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land that you go over to possess;
KJVTherefore shall ye keepH8104(H8804) all the commandmentsH4687 whichH834 I commandH6680(H8764) you this dayH3117, that ye may be strongH2388(H8799), and go inH935(H8804) and possessH3423(H8804) the landH776, whither ye goH5674(H8802) to possessH3423(H8800) it;
9 and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJVAnd that ye may prolongH748(H8686) your daysH3117 in the landH127, which the LORDH3068 swareH7650(H8738) unto your fathersH1 to giveH5414(H8800) unto them and to their seedH2233, a landH776 that flowethH2100(H8802) with milkH2461 and honeyH1706.
10 For the land, where you go in to possess isn’t like the land of Egypt that you came out of, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
KJVFor the landH776, whither thou goest inH935(H8802) to possessH3423(H8800) it, is not as the landH776 of EgyptH4714, from whence ye came outH3318(H8804), where thou sowedstH2232(H8799) thy seedH2233, and wateredstH8248(H8689) it with thy footH7272, as a gardenH1588 of herbsH3419:
11 but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky,
KJVBut the landH776, whither ye goH5674(H8802) to possessH3423(H8800) it, is a landH776 of hillsH2022 and valleysH1237, and drinkethH8354(H8799) waterH4325 of the rainH4306 of heavenH8064:
12 a land which Yahweh your God cares for. Yahweh your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
KJVA landH776 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 careth forH1875(H8802): the eyesH5869 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 are alwaysH8548 upon it, from the beginningH7225 of the yearH8141 even unto the endH319 of the yearH8141.
13 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearkenH8085(H8799) diligentlyH8085(H8800) unto my commandmentsH4687 which I commandH6680(H8764) you this dayH3117, to loveH157(H8800) the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and to serveH5647(H8800) him with all your heartH3824 and with all your soulH5315,
14 that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
KJVThat I will giveH5414(H8804) you the rainH4306 of your landH776 in his due seasonH6256, the first rainH3138 and the latter rainH4456, that thou mayest gatherH622(H8804) in thy cornH1715, and thy wineH8492, and thine oilH3323.
15 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full.
KJVAnd I will sendH5414(H8804) grassH6212 in thy fieldsH7704 for thy cattleH929, that thou mayest eatH398(H8804) and be fullH7646(H8804).
16 Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;
KJVTake heedH8104(H8734) to yourselves, that your heartH3824 be not deceivedH6601(H8799), and ye turn asideH5493(H8804), and serveH5647(H8804) otherH312 godsH430, and worshipH7812(H8694) them;
17 and Yahweh’s anger be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky so that there is no rain, and the land doesn’t yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.
KJVAnd then the LORD'SH3068 wrathH639 be kindledH2734(H8804) against you, and he shut upH6113(H8804) the heavenH8064, that there be no rainH4306, and that the landH127 yieldH5414(H8799) not her fruitH2981; and lest ye perishH6(H8804) quicklyH4120 from off the goodH2896 landH776 which the LORDH3068 givethH5414(H8802) you.
18 Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
KJVTherefore shall ye lay upH7760(H8804) these my wordsH1697 in your heartH3824 and in your soulH5315, and bindH7194(H8804) them for a signH226 upon your handH3027, that they may be as frontletsH2903 between your eyesH5869.
19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
KJVAnd ye shall teachH3925(H8765) them your childrenH1121, speakingH1696(H8763) of them when thou sittestH3427(H8800) in thine houseH1004, and when thou walkestH3212(H8800) by the wayH1870, when thou liestH7901(H8800) down, and when thou risest upH6965(H8800).
20 You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates;
KJVAnd thou shalt writeH3789(H8804) them upon the door postsH4201 of thine houseH1004, and upon thy gatesH8179:
21 that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
KJVThat your daysH3117 may be multipliedH7235(H8799), and the daysH3117 of your childrenH1121, in the landH127 which the LORDH3068 swareH7650(H8738) unto your fathersH1 to giveH5414(H8800) them, as the daysH3117 of heavenH8064 upon the earthH776.
22 For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—
KJVFor if ye shall diligentlyH8104(H8800) keepH8104(H8799) all these commandmentsH4687 which I commandH6680(H8764) you, to doH6213(H8800) them, to loveH157(H8800) the LORDH3068 your GodH430, to walkH3212(H8800) in all his waysH1870, and to cleaveH1692(H8800) unto him;
23 then Yahweh will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
KJVThen will the LORDH3068 drive outH3423(H8689) all these nationsH1471 from beforeH6440 you, and ye shall possessH3423(H8804) greaterH1419 nationsH1471 and mightierH6099 than yourselves.
24 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.
KJVEvery placeH4725 whereon the solesH3709 of your feetH7272 shall treadH1869(H8799) shall be yours: from the wildernessH4057 and LebanonH3844, from the riverH5104, the riverH5104 EuphratesH6578, even unto the uttermostH314 seaH3220 shall your coastH1366 be.
25 No man will be able to stand before you. Yahweh your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you.
KJVThere shall no manH376 be able to standH3320(H8691) beforeH6440 you: for the LORDH3068 your GodH430 shall layH5414(H8799) the fearH6343 of you and the dreadH4172 of you uponH6440 all the landH776 that ye shall treadH1869(H8799) upon, as he hath saidH1696(H8765) unto you.
26 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
KJVBeholdH7200(H8798), I setH5414(H8802) beforeH6440 you this dayH3117 a blessingH1293 and a curseH7045;
27 the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today;
KJVA blessingH1293, if ye obeyH8085(H8799) the commandmentsH4687 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430, which I commandH6680(H8764) you this dayH3117:
28 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
KJVAnd a curseH7045, if ye will not obeyH8085(H8799) the commandmentsH4687 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430, but turn asideH5493(H8804) out of the wayH1870 which I commandH6680(H8764) you this dayH3117, to goH3212(H8800) afterH310 otherH312 godsH430, which ye have not knownH3045(H8804).
29 It shall happen, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, when the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath brought thee inH935(H8686) unto the landH776 whither thou goestH935(H8802) to possessH3423(H8800) it, that thou shalt putH5414(H8804) the blessingH1293 upon mountH2022 GerizimH1630, and the curseH7045 upon mountH2022 EbalH5858.
30 Aren’t they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
KJVAre they not on the other sideH5676 JordanH3383, byH310 the wayH1870 where the sunH8121 goeth downH3996, in the landH776 of the CanaanitesH3669, which dwellH3427(H8802) in the champaignH6160 over againstH4136 GilgalH1537, besideH681 the plainsH436 of MorehH4176?
31 For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it.
KJVFor ye shall pass overH5674(H8802) JordanH3383 to go inH935(H8800) to possessH3423(H8800) the landH776 which the LORDH3068 your GodH430 givethH5414(H8802) you, and ye shall possessH3423(H8804) it, and dwellH3427(H8804) therein.
32 You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you today.
KJVAnd ye shall observeH8104(H8804) to doH6213(H8800) all the statutesH2706 and judgmentsH4941 which I setH5414(H8802) beforeH6440 you this dayH3117.
Deuteronomy 11
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