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Deuteronomy 6:7
7Teach them to your children at all times. 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.
Deuteronomy 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
- New International Version (NIV)Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Context of Deuteronomy 6:7
5Love the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your strength. Love him with all that you are. 6Always think about these commands that I am giving you today. Teach them to your children at all times. 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. 8Tie them as signs on your arms and on your heads, so that you remember them. 9Write them on the wood beside the doors of your houses and on your gates.
Read all of Deuteronomy 6Deuteronomy 6:7 word by word
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt teach them diligentlyשָׁנַןshânan · to sharpenH8150
- unto thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and shalt talkדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- of them when thou sittestיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- and when thou walkestיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- and when thou liest downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
- and when thou risest upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:7
- Deuteronomy 6:2You must respect the Lord your God with fear. You must obey his rules and his commands that I am teaching you. You, your children and your grandchildren must obey them all through your lives. If you do that, you will enjoy a long life.
- Deuteronomy 4:9But be very careful! Never forget the things that you yourselves have seen. Remember these things for as long as you live. Tell your children and your grandchildren about all the things that God has done.
- Deuteronomy 11:19Teach 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.
- Genesis 18:19I have chosen him so that he will teach my message to his children and their families. He will teach them to do what is right and what is fair. Then I, the Lord, will do for Abraham everything that I have promised to him.’
- Exodus 12:26Your children may say to you, “What does this feast mean?”
- Exodus 13:14One day, your son may ask you, “What does this mean?” Then you must say to him, “The Lord brought us out of Egypt with his powerful authority. He took us away from the place where we were slaves.
- Psalms 78:4and we will not hide them from our children. We will tell our children and our grandchildren why they should praise the Lord. We will tell them about his strength, and about the great things that he has done.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not do things that make your children angry. Instead, teach them carefully as they grow up. Help them to understand the message of the Lord, and help them to obey it.
- Ruth 2:4Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem town. He said ‘hello’ to the workers. ‘I pray that the Lord will help you,’ he said. The men replied, ‘We pray that the Lord will bless you!’
- Ruth 4:11Then all the leaders and the other people at the gate said, ‘We have seen that this is true. We pray that the Lord will bless the woman who is coming into your home as your wife. We pray that he will bless her as he blessed Rachel and Leah. They gave birth to many children for the family of Israel. We pray that you will become a rich man in Ephrathah's clan. And we pray that you will become famous in Bethlehem town.
- Psalms 37:30Righteous people speak wise words. What they say brings justice.
- Psalms 40:9In the great meeting of your people, I have told them about your justice. I cannot keep quiet! You know that this is true, Lord.
- Psalms 119:46I will speak to kings about your rules. I will not be ashamed to do that.
- Psalms 129:8People that go past will not say to them, ‘We will ask the Lord to bless you!’ Nobody will say to those who hate Zion's people, ‘Receive our blessing in the name of the Lord!’
- Proverbs 6:22Wherever you go in life, their words will be your guide. They will keep you safe while you sleep. When you wake up, they will teach you.
- Proverbs 10:21The teaching of righteous people will help many people. But foolish people die because they are so stupid.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou shalt teach them diligently - שננתם shinnantam, from שנן shanan, to repeat, iterate, or do a thing again and again; hence to whet or sharpen any instrument, which is done by reiterated friction or grinding. We see here the spirit of this Divine injunction. God's testimonies must be taught to our children, and the utmost diligence must be used to make them understand them. This is a most difficult task; and it requires much patience, much prudence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. 1. Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. 2. The religious education of children. Often repeat these things to them. Be careful and exact in teaching thy children. Teach these truths to all who are any way under thy care. 3. Pious discourse. Thou shalt talk of these things with due reverence and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7teach them diligently: The Hebrew verb shanan might describe carving words into a hard surface so they cannot be erased. It can also simply mean “repeat.” In either case, parents were to teach the Shema to their children again and again. They were to repeat it so often that it would be deeply fixed in their hearts and never forgotten.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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