English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 8:6
6So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.
Deuteronomy 8:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- New International Version (NIV)Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“So obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him.
Context of Deuteronomy 8:6
4Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, 8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
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וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔ אֶת־מִצְוֹ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לָלֶ֥כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֖יו וּלְיִרְאָ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 8:6
- Deuteronomy 5:33You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
- Exodus 18:20and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.
- 1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
- 2 Chronicles 6:31that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20After Israel settled in the land, they might begin to think that their success came from their own strength and skill. This is a common human tendency. Moses warned them not to become proud or congratulate themselves. They must remember that God alone gives prosperity and success. All that they achieve comes from him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201. All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live--In all the wise arrangements of our Creator duty has been made inseparably connected with happiness; and the earnest enforcement of the divine law which Moses was making to the Israelites was in order to secure their being a happy (because a moral and religious) people: a course of prosperity is often called "life" (Ge 17:18; Pr 3:2). live, and multiply--This…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 8
- 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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