Deuteronomy 11 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 11:18

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 11:18 in other translations

BSBFix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
WEBTherefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
ASVTherefore 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.
YLT‘And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;
DARBYAnd ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
BBESo keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;
WebsterTherefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

What does Deuteronomy 11:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:18-25
18-25. lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them--(See on De 6:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words - See Deu 6:4-8 (note), and Exo 13:9 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-25
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 more to cause prosperity, and keeping up religion in a nation, than the good education of children.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 11:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשַׂמְתֶּם֙ve.sam.Temand you will putH7760
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבָרַ֣יde.va.Raiwords myH1697
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
עַל\־'al-onH5921
לְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav.Khemheart yourH3824
וְעַֽל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
נַפְשְׁכֶ֑םnaf.she.Khembeing yourH5315
וּקְשַׁרְתֶּ֨םu.ke.shar.Temand you will tieH7194
אֹתָ֤ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
לְאוֹת֙le.'Otfor a signH226
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יֶדְכֶ֔םyed.Khemhand yourH3027
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
לְטוֹטָפֹ֖תle.to.ta.Fotfor marksH2903
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996
עֵינֵיכֶֽם\׃'ei.nei.Khemeyes yourH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 11:18

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 6:6-9

    And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk 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 bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • 2 Peter 3:1-2

    This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

  • Psalms 119:11

    Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Proverbs 6:20-23

    My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  • Exodus 13:9

    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

  • 2 Peter 1:12

    Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

  • Proverbs 7:2-3

    Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

  • Deuteronomy 32:46

    And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

  • Exodus 13:16

    And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

  • Hebrews 2:1

    Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye lay up.
6:6-9; 32:46; Ex 13:9,16; Ps 119:11; Pr 3:1; 6:20-23; 7:2,3
Col 3:16; Heb 2:1; 2Pe 1:12; 3:1,2
a sign.
Mt 23:5

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 11:17

    And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

  • Deuteronomy 11:18

    Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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Deuteronomy 11:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, pondréis estas mis palabras en vuestro corazón y en vuestra alma, y las ataréis por señal en vuestra mano, y serán por frontales entre vuestros ojos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et mettez ces miennes paroles dans votre cœur et dans votre âme, et liez-les pour signes sur vos mains, et qu’elles soient comme des fronteaux entre vos yeux;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr sollt diese meine Worte auf euer Herz und auf eure Seele legen, und sie zum Zeichen auf eure Hand binden, und sie sollen zu Stirnbändern zwischen euren Augen sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ponite hæc verba mea in cordibus et in animis vestris, et suspendite ea pro signo in manibus, et inter oculos vestros collocate.