Deuteronomy 32:47
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- KJV
- For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- WEB
- For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”
- ASV
- For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
- DARBY
- For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.
- BLB
- For it [is] not a futile thing for you⁺, because it [is] your⁺ life, and by this word you⁺ shall prolong days in the land that there you⁺ are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
- ÅB
- For dette er ikke noe tomt ord for dere, men det er deres liv, og ved dette ord skal dere leve lenge i det land dere nå drar til over Jordan og skal ta i eie.
- OTB
- For det er ikke et tomt ord for dere, men deres liv, og ved dette ordet skal dere leve lenge i det landet som dere krysser Jordan for å eie.”
- B1930
- For dette er ikke noget tomt ord for eder, men det er eders liv, og ved dette ord skal I leve lenge i det land I nu drar til over Jordan og skal ta i eie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:5
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Read in context2 Peter 1:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Read in context1 Peter 3:10–12
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Read in contextProverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Read in contextProverbs 3:1–2
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Read in contextProverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:19–20
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
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