Deuteronomy 11:18

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

16But be careful! Do not turn away from the Lord so that you worship other gods. Do not let those things deceive you. 17If you do that, the Lord will be very angry with you. He will not send rain down from the sky. The land will no longer give you food to eat. Then you will soon die. You will no longer be able to live in the good land that the Lord is giving to you. Continue to think carefully about these commands in everything that you do. Tie them as signs onto your hands so that you remember them. Also tie them around your heads. 19Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit together at home. Talk about them as you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20Write them on the wood beside the doors of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 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 6:6Always think about these commands that I am giving you today.
• Deuteronomy 32:46he said to the people, ‘Remember carefully the message that I have spoken to you today. You must teach these words to your children. They must learn to obey all the words of God's Law.
• Exodus 13:9This special time will be like a mark on your hand. It will be like something that you fix between your eyes. It will be a sign that causes you to remember what happened on this day. Then you will not forget to speak about the Law of the Lord. Remember this: The Lord brought you out of Egypt with his great power.
• Psalms 119:11I always keep your message in my mind, so that I do not do anything bad against you.
• Proverbs 3:1My child, do not forget what I teach you. Always think carefully about my commands.
• Proverbs 6:20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you.
• Proverbs 7:2Obey my commands, so that you live well. Keep my teaching safe. It is as valuable as your own eyes.
• Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
• Hebrews 2:1So we must be very careful. We must continue to remember the message that we have heard about God's Son. Then we will not go in the wrong direction, and turn away from God.
• 2 Peter 1:12You already know these things. You know that they are completely true. But because they are important, I will continue to tell you about them again and again.
• 2 Peter 3:1My friends, this is the second letter that I have written to you. I have written both these letters to help you to understand some things. You already know these things. I want you to think about them in a good way.
• Matthew 23:5The Pharisees do things only so that people will see them. They wear little boxes with words from the Bible in them, but they make them really big. They also make the tassels on their clothes very long.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:18

• Commandments
• Frontlets
• Instruction
• Law
• Legends (Inscriptions)
• Obedience
• Parents
• Phylactery
• Reward
• Word of God

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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