Deuteronomy 5:29

Obedience Fear God's will and calling Parents and children

²⁷ Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

²⁸ And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

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!

³⁰ Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

³¹ But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

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
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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Ezekiel 33:31–32
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
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Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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Luke 19:42
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Deuteronomy 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.
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Deuteronomy 32:29–30
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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