Deuteronomy 11:1

Deuteronomy 11:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
• New International Version (NIV)Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.

Context of Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love Yhwh thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of Yhwh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

Deuteronomy 11:1 word by word

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו וּמִצְוֹתָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Therefore thou shalt loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• his chargeמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• and his statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• and his judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• alwayיוֹםyôm · day: alwaysH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:1

• Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love Yhwh thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth Yhwh thy God require of thee, but to fear Yhwh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yhwh thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
• Deuteronomy 30:16In that I command thee this day to love Yhwh thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: And Yhwh thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
• Psalms 116:1I love Yhwh, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
• Leviticus 8:35Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yhwh, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
• Zechariah 3:7Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
• Deuteronomy 4:1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Yhwh God of your fathers giveth you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Yhwh your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
• Psalms 105:45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. .
• Luke 1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Thou shalt love the Lord - Because without this there could be no obedience to the Divine testimonies, and no happiness in the soul; for the heart that is destitute of the love of God, is empty of all good, and consequently miserable. See the note on Deuteronomy 10:12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The great work God wrought for Israel. (1-7) Promises and threatenings. (8-17) Careful study of God's word requisite. (18-25) The blessings and the curse set forth. (26-32) Verses 1-7 Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1Jo 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge--The reason for the frequent repetition of the same or similar counsels is to be traced to the infantine character and state of the church, which required line upon line and precept upon precept. Besides, the Israelites were a headstrong and perverse people, impatient of control, prone to rebellion, and, from their long stay in Egypt, so violently addicted to idolatry, that they ran…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:1

• Duty
• Love
• Miracles
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Act
• Coast
• Tread
• Alway; Always
• Deuteronomy
• Hosea
• Ten Commandments

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