God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 29:11
11Your children, your wives, and the foreigners who cut wood and carry water in your camp are also here.
Deuteronomy 29:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
- New International Version (NIV)together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.
- English Standard Version (ESV)your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,
- New King James Version (NKJV)your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—
Context of Deuteronomy 29:11
9Faithfully obey the terms of this promise. Then you will be successful in everything you do. 10All of you are standing here today in the presence of the Lord your God. The heads of your tribes, your leaders, your officers, and all the men of Israel are here. Your children, your wives, and the foreigners who cut wood and carry water in your camp are also here. 12You are ready to accept the terms and conditions of the promise that the Lord your God is giving you today. 13With this promise the Lord will confirm today that you are his people and that he is your God. This is what he told you, and this is what he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath.
Read all of Deuteronomy 29Deuteronomy 29:11 word by word
טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Your little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
- your wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- and thy strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
- inקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- thy campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- from the hewerחָטַבchâţab · to chopH2404
- of thy woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
- unto the drawerשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579
- of thy waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 29:11
- Deuteronomy 5:14The seventh day is the day of rest—a holy day dedicated to the Lord your God. You, your sons, your daughters, your male and female slaves, your oxen, your donkeys—all of your animals—even the foreigners living in your city must never do any work ⌞on that day⌟. In this way your male and female slaves can rest as you do.
- Exodus 12:38Many other people also went with them, along with large numbers of sheep, goats, and cattle.
- Numbers 11:4Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for ⌞other kinds of⌟ food. Even the Israelites started crying again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!
- Joshua 9:21The leaders said that they should be allowed to live. So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders had said.
- Galatians 3:28There are neither Jews nor Greeks, slaves nor free people, males nor females. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 3:11Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The covenant was national, and therefore embraced all the elements which make up the nation. The “little ones” would of course be represented by their parents or guardians; the absent Deuteronomy 29:15 by those present; nor were the servants and proselytes to be excluded (compare Acts 2:39). The text is fairly alleged in justification of the Church‘s practice of admitting little ones into covenant with God by Baptism, and accepting promises made on their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to give up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their obligation to him, as the God of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11foreigners (literally sojourner): This word refers to people who lived among Israel but were not native Israelites. See study note on 10:18. The phrase cut your wood and draw your water was a common saying for low-level or servant work (see Joshua 9:22–27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2910-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29
- 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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