Deuteronomy 11:18
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- KJV
- Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
- DARBY
- And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall place these words of mine in your⁺ heart and in your⁺ soul, and bind them as a sign on your⁺ hands, and they shall be as frontlets between your⁺ eyes.
- ÅB
- Så legg dere da disse mine ord på hjerte og på sinne og bind dem som et tegn på deres hånd og la dem være som en minneseddel på deres panne
- OTB
- Derfor, ta disse ordene mine til hjerte og sjel; bind dem som tegn på deres hender og bind dem på deres panner.
- B1930
- Så legg eder da disse mine ord på hjerte og på sinne og bind dem som et tegn på eders hånd og la dem være som en minneseddel på eders panne
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:6–9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Read in contextProverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Read in context2 Peter 3:1–2
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
Read in contextPsalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Read in contextProverbs 6:20–23
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Read in contextExodus 13:9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Read in context2 Peter 1:12
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
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