Deuteronomy 11:21
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:21 in other translations
| BSB | so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. |
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| WEB | that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. |
| ASV | that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. |
| YLT | so that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth. |
| DARBY | that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens which are above the earth. |
| BBE | So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens. |
| Webster | That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. |
What does Deuteronomy 11:21 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).
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…
Deuteronomy 11:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 11:21
- Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- Proverbs 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Deuteronomy 4:40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Psalms 72:5
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
- Psalms 89:28-29
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
- Isaiah 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
- Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
- Deuteronomy 6:2
That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
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- Deuteronomy 11:20
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
- Deuteronomy 11:21
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deuteronomy 11:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para que sean aumentados vuestros días, y los días de vuestros hijos, sobre la tierra que juró Jehová á vuestros padres que les había de dar, como los días de los cielos sobre la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | afin que vos jours et les jours de vos fils, sur la terre que l’ Éternel a juré à vos pères de leur donner, soient multipliés comme les jours des cieux qui sont au-dessus de la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | auf daß eure Tage und die Tage eurer Kinder sich mehren in dem Lande, welches Jehova euren Vätern geschworen hat, ihnen zu geben, wie die Tage des Himmels über der Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut multiplicentur dies tui, et filiorum tuorum in terra, quam juravit Dominus patribus tuis, ut daret eis quamdiu cælum imminet terræ. |