God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 11:21
21Then you and your children will live for a long time in this land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors—as long as there’s a sky above the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
Context of Deuteronomy 11:21
19Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up. 20Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Then you and your children will live for a long time in this land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors—as long as there’s a sky above the earth. 22Faithfully obey all these commands I’m giving you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his directions, and be loyal to him. 23Then the Lord will force all these people out of your way. Then you will take possession of ⌞the land belonging to⌟ people taller and stronger than you.
Read all of Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 11:21 word by word
לְמַ֨עַן יִרְבּ֤וּ יְמֵיכֶם֙ וִימֵ֣י בְנֵיכֶ֔ם עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהוָ֛ה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לָתֵ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם כִּימֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That your daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- may be multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- of your childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- in the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- unto your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:21
- Deuteronomy 4:40Obey his laws and commands which I’m giving you today. Then things will go well for you and your descendants. You will live for a long time in the land. The Lord your God is giving you the land for as long as you live.
- Deuteronomy 5:16“Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live for a long time, and things will go well for you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 6:2As long as you live, you, your children, and your grandchildren must fear the Lord your God. All of you must obey all his laws and commands that I’m giving you, and you will live a long time.
- Proverbs 3:2because they will bring you long life, good years, and peace.
- Proverbs 4:10My son, listen and accept my words, and they will multiply the years of your life.
- Proverbs 9:11You will live longer because of me, and years will be added to your life.
- Psalms 72:5May they fear you as long as the sun and moon ⌞shine⌟— throughout every generation.
- Psalms 89:28My mercy will stay with him forever. My promise to him is unbreakable.
- Isaiah 65:20There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days or an old man who doesn’t live a long life. Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.
- Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy are those who are included the first time that people come back to life. The second death has no power over them. They will continue to be priests of God and Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The sense is: “Keep the covenant faithfully, and so shall your own and your children‘s days be multiplied as long as the heaven covers the earth.” The promise of Canaan to Israel was thus a perpetual promise, but also a conditional one.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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