Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 11:18
18“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 11:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Context of Deuteronomy 11:18
16Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, serve, and bow in worship to other gods. 17Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the Lord is giving you. “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads. 19Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates,
Read all of Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 11:18 word by word
וְשַׂמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־דְּבָרַ֣י אֵ֔לֶּה עַל־לְבַבְכֶ֖ם וְעַֽל־נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וּקְשַׁרְתֶּ֨ם אֹתָ֤ם לְאוֹת֙ עַל־יֶדְכֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ לְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore shall ye lay upשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- these my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- in your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
- and in your soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- and bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
- them for a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
- upon your handיָדyâd · handH3027
- that they may be as frontletsטוֹטָפוֹתţôphâphâh · phylacteriesH2903
- between your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:18
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.
- Exodus 13:9Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.
- Psalms 119:11I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands;
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commands and live, and guard my instructions as you would the pupil of your eye.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
- Hebrews 2:1For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- 2 Peter 3:1Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere understanding by way of reminder,
- Matthew 23:5They do everything to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words - See Deuteronomy 6:4-8; (note), and Exodus 13:9; (note).Read the comment
- 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
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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
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