Deuteronomy 6:2
1 These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- KJV
- That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- WEB
- that you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- ASV
- that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son`s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- DARBY
- that thou mayest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- BLB
- so that you may fear YHWH your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I am commanding you—you and your son and the son of your son—all the days of your life, that your days may be prolonged.
- ÅB
- for at du skal frykte Herren din Gud og ta vare på alle hans lover og bud, som jeg befaler deg, både du og din sønn og din sønnesønn, alle ditt livs dager, og for at dine dager må bli mange.
- OTB
- slik at du, dine barn og deres etterkommere kan frykte Herren deres Gud ved å holde alle Hans forskrifter og bud som jeg befaler deg, alle dine levedager, og at du kan nyte et langt liv.
- B1930
- forat du skal frykte Herren din Gud og ta vare på alle hans lover og bud, som jeg byder dig, både du og din sønn og din sønnesønn, alle ditt livs dager, og forat dine dager må bli mange.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:4
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Read in contextExodus 20:20
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:13
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Read in contextPsalms 128:1
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
Read in contextProverbs 3:1–2
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Read in contextProverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Read in context1 Peter 3:10–11
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
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