Deuteronomy 5:29

Obedience Fear God's will and calling Parents and children

²⁷ Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

²⁸ And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

³⁰ Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

³¹ But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
KJV: O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
WEB: Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
ASV: Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
DARBY: Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!
BLB: O that their heart had been given thus, to fear Me and to keep all My commandments all the days, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!

ÅB: Måtte de bare alle dager ha det samme hjertelag til å frykte meg og ta vare på alle mine bud, så det kan gå dem og deres barn vel til evig tid!
OTB: Å, at deres hjerter alltid ville være tilbøyelige til å frykte Meg og holde alle Mine bud, så det kunne gå dem og deres barn vel for alltid!
B1930: Måtte de bare alle dager ha det samme hjertelag til å frykte mig og ta vare på alle mine bud, så det kan gå dem og deres barn vel til evig tid!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
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Ezekiel 33:31–32
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
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Deuteronomy 11:1
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
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Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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Luke 19:42
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
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Deuteronomy 32:29–30
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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