God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 30:8
8You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands that I’m giving you today.
Deuteronomy 30:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
- New International Version (NIV)You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today.
Context of Deuteronomy 30:8
6The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will live. 7Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, those who hate you and persecute you. You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands that I’m giving you today. 9The Lord your God will give you many blessings in everything you do: You will have many children. Your animals will have many offspring. Your soil will produce many crops. The Lord will again delight in making you as prosperous as he made your ancestors. 10He will do this if you obey him and follow his commands and laws that are written in this Book of Teachings and return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read all of Deuteronomy 30Deuteronomy 30:8 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה תָשׁ֔וּב וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- and obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- all his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- which I commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- thee this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 30:8
- Deuteronomy 30:2If you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul, doing everything I command you today,
- Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from the Lord.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my power against you. I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your impurities.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will fear me as long as they live. This will be for their own good and for the good of their children.
- Ezekiel 11:19I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.
- Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my laws, and you will obey my rules.
- Ezekiel 37:24“ ‘My servant David will be their king, and all of them will have one shepherd. They will live by my rules, and they will obey my laws.
- Romans 11:26In this way Israel as a whole will be saved, as Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion. He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- Ephesians 2:16He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.
- Philippians 2:13It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 The rejection of Israel and the desolation of the promised inheritance were not to be the end of God‘s dispensations. The closing words of the address therefore are words of comfort and promise. Compare marginal reference and Deuteronomy 4:29 ff; 1 Kings 8:46-50. The chastisements of God would lead the nation to repent, and thereupon God would again bless them. Deuteronomy 30:3 Will turn thy captivity - Will change or put an end to thy state…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Repentance was the only solution to the threat of judgment. The possibility of blessing and the prevention of judgment both depended on a proper relationship with the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101-10. when all these things are come upon thee, ... and thou shalt return ... then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity--The hopes of the Hebrew people are ardently directed to this promise, and they confidently expect that God, commiserating their forlorn and fallen condition, will yet rescue them from all the evils of their long dispersion. They do not consider the promise as fulfilled by their restoration from the captivity in Babylon, for Israel…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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