Deuteronomy 11:20

Deuteronomy 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
• New International Version (NIV)Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

Context of Deuteronomy 11:20

18“Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead. 19You shall teach them [diligently] to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths], speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth. 22For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him—

Deuteronomy 11:20 word by word

וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּז֥וֹת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• them upon the door postsמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
• of thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and upon thy gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:20

• Deuteronomy 6:9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Let all be directed by the three rules here given. 1. Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. There will not be good practices in the life, unless there be good thoughts, good affections, and good principles in the heart. 2. Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God, having constant regard to it as the guide of our way, as the rule of our work, Psa 119:30. 3. Let our tongues be employed about the word of God. Nor will any thing do…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-32Here, Moses adds to the covenant stipulations (the commands in chapters 5–11) a list of blessings and curses. These blessings and curses are similar to the longer list that appears at the end of the covenant text in 27–28. They show the results of obeying or disobeying the covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2518-25. lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them--(See on De 6:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:20

• Children
• Commandments
• Door
• Family
• Instruction
• Law
• Legends (Inscriptions)
• Obedience
• Parents
• Reading
• Reward
• School
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Act
• Coast
• Doorposts
• Frontlets
• Tread
• Amulet
• Door
• Education
• House
• Synagogue

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings