Deuteronomy 11:21
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:
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- KJV
- That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- WEB
- that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- ASV
- that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- DARBY
- that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens [which are] above the earth.
- BLB
- that your⁺ days may be multiplied—and the days of your⁺ children—in the land that YHWH swore to your⁺ fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens are above the earth.
- ÅB
- for at deres og deres barns dager må bli mange i det land som Herren tilsvor deres fedre å ville gi dem, og dere må leve der like så lenge som himmelen hvelver seg over jorden.
- OTB
- så deres dager og deres barns dager kan bli mange i det landet Herren lovet å gi deres forfedre, så mange som dagene himmelen er over jorden.
- B1930
- forat eders og eders barns dager må bli mange i det land som Herren tilsvor eders fedre å ville gi dem, og I må leve der like så lenge som himmelen hvelver sig over jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Read in contextProverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Read in contextProverbs 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 72:5
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
Read in contextPsalms 89:28–29
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Read in contextProverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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