Deuteronomy 10:16

Deuteronomy 10:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
• New International Version (NIV)Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.

Context of Deuteronomy 10:16

14Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. 15Yet the Lord set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day. So circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck any longer. 17For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe. 18He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:16 word by word

וּמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת עָרְלַ֣ת לְבַבְכֶ֑ם וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַקְשׁ֖וּ עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

• So circumciseמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• stiffenקָשָׁהqâshâh · to hardenH7185
• your neckעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• anyעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:16

• Deuteronomy 30:6“Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live.
• Leviticus 26:41I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies--or if their uncircumcised heart is humbled so that they then make amends for their wrongdoing,
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord And remove the foreskins of your hearts, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will spread like fire And burn with no one to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds.”
• Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
• Colossians 2:11and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ,
• Deuteronomy 9:6“Know, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.
• Deuteronomy 31:27For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, as long as I have been alive with you until today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?
• James 4:6But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Circumcise - the foreskin of your heart - A plain proof from God himself that this precept pointed out spiritual things, and that it was not the cutting away a part of the flesh that was the object of the Divine commandment, but the purification of the soul, without which all forms and ceremonies are of no avail. Loving God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, the heart being circumcised to enable them to do it, was, from the beginning, the end…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16On “circumcision” see Genesis 17:10. This verse points to the spiritual import of circumcision. Man is by nature “very far gone from original righteousness,” and in a state of enmity to God; by circumcision, as the sacrament of admission to the privileges of the chosen people, this opposition must be taken away ere man could enter into covenant with God. It was through the flesh that man first sinned; as it is also in the flesh, its functions, lusts…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16circumcise your hearts: This is a figure of speech. It uses the language of circumcision to describe an inner change. Circumcision was the physical sign of the covenant that God gave to Abraham (Genesis 17:9–14). Here, however, the command points to a deeper meaning. The people must remove stubbornness and sin from their hearts. This image includes both inward change and outward obedience to the covenant (Romans 2:28–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 10:16

• Circumcision
• Repentance

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10

• 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