English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 6:7
7You 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
Context of Deuteronomy 6:7
5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 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. 8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house 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 6:2that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
- Deuteronomy 4:9"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—
- Deuteronomy 11:19You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
- Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
- Exodus 12:26And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
- Exodus 13:14And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Ruth 2:4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, "The Lord be with you!" And they answered, "The Lord bless you."
- Ruth 4:11Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,
- Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
- Psalms 40:9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.
- Psalms 119:46I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,
- Psalms 129:8nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!"
- Proverbs 6:22When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
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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