You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today. Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers, if you will obey Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Yahweh your God has driven you, and return to Yahweh your God and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you. If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back. Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers. Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today. Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers, if you will obey Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.
Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,
if you will obey Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
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And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of the LORD, and do all His commandments which I command thee this day.
And the LORD thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;
if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
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- Deuteronomy 28:11-14 (v9) Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in…
- Jeremiah 32:41 (v9) Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
- Lamentations 3:40-41 (v10) Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
- Deuteronomy 28:4 (v9) You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and…
- Jeremiah 33:9 (v9) This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good…
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- Leviticus 26:4 (v9) then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Leviticus 26:6 (v9) “ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land,…
- Leviticus 26:9-10 (v9) “ ‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you. You shall eat old supplies long…
- Deuteronomy 4:29 (v10) But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Isaiah 65:19 (v9) I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.
- Jeremiah 31:28 (v9) It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I…
- John 15:11 (v9) I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
- Deuteronomy 28:63 (v9) It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish…
- Isaiah 62:5 (v9) For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over…
- Ezekiel 36:27 (v8) I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
- Luke 15:32 (v9) But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”
- Ephesians 2:16 (v8) and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
- Deuteronomy 30:2 (vv8, 10) and return to Yahweh your God and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and…
- Deuteronomy 30:8 (v10) You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.
- Nehemiah 1:9 (v10) but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will…
- Isaiah 1:25-26 (v8) I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin. I will restore your judges as at the first,…
- Isaiah 55:2-3 (v10) Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that…
- Jeremiah 31:33 (v8) “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward…
- Jeremiah 32:39-40 (v8) I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them. I will…
- Ezekiel 11:19-20 (v8) I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a…
- Ezekiel 37:24 (v8) “ ‘ “My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my…
- Zephaniah 3:17 (v9) Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will…
- 1 Corinthians 7:19 (v10) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
- Philippians 2:13 (v8) For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Proverbs 16:1 (v8) The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:21 (v10) “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he…
- Ezekiel 33:11 (v10) Tell them, ‘ “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and…
- Ezekiel 33:14 (v10) Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
- Ezekiel 33:19 (v10) When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
- Acts 3:19 (v10) “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the…
- Acts 26:20 (v10) but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should…
- Romans 11:26-27 (v8) and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv8–9 If we will have God to work in us…
If we will have God to work in us with his holy Spirit, we must turn again to him by repentance.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–9 Deu 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the…
Deu 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
Ver. 8. And thou shalt return.] Come again to thyself, as the prodigal, who had been for some while beside himself.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Whereas thou didst formerly receive and enjoy these mercies…
Whereas thou didst formerly receive and enjoy these mercies for thy hurt, through thy own wicked and foolish heart, when thou wast full and fat, forgetting God, and kicking against him, Deu 31:20; 32:15, now thou shalt have them for thy good; thy heart shall be so changed by the grace of the gospel that thou shalt not now abuse them, but employ them to the more cheerful and faithful service of God, the giver of them. Rejoice over thee for good, i.e. to do thee good; as he did rejoice to destroy thee, Deu 28:63.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–10 And thou shall return, and obey the voice of…
And thou shall return, and obey the voice of the Lord,.... In the Gospel; obey the form of doctrine delivered to them, embrace the truth of the Gospel cordially, and yield a cheerful subjection to the ordinances of it; or receive the Word of the Lord, as the Targum of Jonathan, Christ, the essential Word, by faith, as the Saviour and Redeemer, Mediator, Prophet, Priest, and King:
and do all his commandments which I command thee this day; the commandment nigh unto them, in their mouths and hearts, even the word of faith, the ministers of Christ preach, Deu 30:11; besides, all the moral precepts and commands of the law, which will then be in force, being eternal and invariable; which faith in Christ, and love to him, will influence and constrain them to observe.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv9–10 For good - Whereas thou did formerly receive these…
For good - Whereas thou did formerly receive these mercies for thy hurt, now thou shalt have them for thy good, thy heart shall be so changed that thou shalt not now abuse them, but employ them to the service of God the giver. Over thee for good - To do thee good; as he did rejoice to destroy thee.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Deu 30:9. For good — Whereas thou didst formerly…
Deu 30:9. For good — Whereas thou didst formerly receive these mercies for thy hurt, now thou shalt have them for thy good; thy heart shall be so changed that thou shalt not now abuse them, but employ them to the glory of God the giver. Over thee for good — To do thee good; as he did rejoice to destroy thee.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v9 Fathers. He will again take a pleasure in bestowing…
Fathers. He will again take a pleasure in bestowing favours upon thee, (Calmet) of a spiritual and more lasting nature. Hence the Jews may understand that they have not yet repented, as they ought to do; since they have been under the wrath of God for above 1500 years. (Salien) (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v9 9, 10. How prosperous would have been the condition…
9, 10. How prosperous would have been the condition of the nation if they had complied with the conditions here laid down by their great leader!
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–10 8. But thou, thyself, shalt, etc.] The emphatic thou…
8. But thou, thyself, shalt, etc.] The emphatic thou is necessary after the intrusion of the previous v.
return] If this be meant in a spiritual sense, the like does not elsewhere occur in Deut.; but is found in Isa_10:21; Isa_19:22, Jer_3:1; Jer_3:7; Jer_3:12; Jer_3:22; Jer_4:1; Jer_15:19; Jer_18:11 (=Jer_35:15), Jer_23:14, Jer_24:7, Jer_36:3, Eze_18:23, etc. For the rest of this verse see above Deu_15:5, Deu_28:1; Deu_28:15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 (8) And thou shalt return and . . .…
(8) And thou shalt return and . . . do all his commandments.—It is as certain as anything can be in this world that the laws of Deuteronomy have never been kept perfectly. The minute observances of the Talmudical system took the heart and spirit out of the law of Moses. Christians do not profess to obey any commandments but those which are called moral. If the Law itself is to be fulfilled, a restoration of Israel would seem to be necessary.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 Vers. 8, 9. Thou shalt return and obey; i.e.…
Vers. 8, 9. Thou shalt return and obey; i.e. thou shalt again hearken (see ver. 9, where the same expression is thus rendered). These two verses are closely connected, the former expressing the condition on which the aspect expressed in the latter depends. They should be rendered accordingly, If thou shalt return... then the Lord thy God, etc.. (comp. Gen_42:38; Exo_4:23, where a similar construction occurs)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v9 General Information:
General Information:
Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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the work of your hand
Here "hand" refers to the whole person. AT: "in all the work you do" (See: Synecdoche)
in the fruit of your body ... in the fruit of your cattle ... in the fruit of your ground
These three phrases are idioms for "in children ... in calves ... in crops." See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 28:4. (See: Idiom)
that are written
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that I have written" (See: Active or Passive)
with all your heart and all your soul
Here "heart" and "soul" are metonyms for a person's inner being. These two phrases are used together to mean "completely" or "earnestly." See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 4:29. (See: Metonymy and Doublet)
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cow
prosper
joy
ancestor
obey
voice
command
statute
law
turn
heart
soul
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