Deuteronomy 11:20

Deuteronomy 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
• New International Version (NIV)Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

Context of Deuteronomy 11:20

18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. 19And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. 22For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it; to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

Deuteronomy 11:20 word by word

וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּז֥וֹת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• doorמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:20

• Deuteronomy 6:9And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:20

• 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:20

• Children
• Commandments
• Door
• Family
• Instruction
• Law
• Legends (Inscriptions)
• Obedience
• Parents
• Reading
• Reward
• School
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Act
• Coast
• Doorposts
• Frontlets
• Tread
• Amulet
• Door
• Education
• House
• Synagogue

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