Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
Deuteronomy 28:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:9 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
WEBThe LORD will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways.
ASVJehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.
YLT‘Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;
DARBYJehovah will establish thee unto himself a holy people as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.
BBEThe Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.
WebsterThe LORD shall establish thee a holy people to himself, as he hath sworn to thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

What does Deuteronomy 28:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself - This is the sum of all blessings, to be made holy, and be preserved in holiness. If thou shalt keep, etc. - Here is the solemn condition; if they did not keep God's testimonies, taking them for the regulators of their lives, and according to their direction walking in his ways, under the influence and aids of his grace, then the curses, and not the blessings, must be their portion. See Deu 28:15, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, the blessing and the curse. They are real things and have real effects. The blessings are here put before the curses. God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy. It is his delight to bless. It is better that we should be drawn to what is good by a child-like hope of God's favour, than that we be frightened to it by a slavish fear of his wrath. The blessing is…

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Deuteronomy 28:9 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.

יְקִֽימְךָ֨ye.ki.me.Chahe will establish youH6965
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לוֹ֙lofor <the> himself
לְעַ֣םle.'Amto a peopleH5971
קָד֔וֹשׁka.Do.oshholyH6918
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
נִֽשְׁבַּֽע\־nish.ba'-he sworeH7650
לָ֑ךְLakhto <the> you
כִּ֣יkithat [if]H3588
תִשְׁמֹ֗רtish.Moryou will keepH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִצְוֹת֙mitz.Vot[the] commandments ofH4687
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ve.ha.lakh.Taand you will walkH1980
בִּדְרָכָֽיו\׃bid.ra.Khavin ways hisH1870

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:9

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 26:18-19

    And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Deuteronomy 13:17

    And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • 1 Peter 2:9-11

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  • Isaiah 62:12

    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  • 1 Peter 5:10

    But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  • Deuteronomy 29:12-13

    That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day: That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Psalms 87:5

    And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

  • Isaiah 1:26

    And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3

    But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
establish.
7:6; 26:18,19; 29:13; Ge 17:7; Ex 19:5,6; Ps 87:5; Isa 1:26; 62:12
2Th 3:3; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9-11; 5:10
sworn.
7:8; 13:17; 29:12; Ex 19:5,6; Jer 11:5; Heb 6:13-18

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:8

    The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  • Deuteronomy 28:9

    The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

  • Deuteronomy 28:10

    And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

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Deuteronomy 28:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Confirmarte ha Jehová por pueblo suyo santo, como te ha jurado, cuando guardares los mandamientos de Jehová tu Dios, y anduvieres en sus caminos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel t’établira pour lui être un peuple saint, selon qu’il te l’a juré, si tu gardes les commandements de l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, et que tu marches dans ses voies.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova wird dich als ein heiliges Volk für sich bestätigen, wie er dir geschworen hat, wenn du die Gebote Jehovas, deines Gottes, beobachtest und auf seinen Wegen wandelst;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut juravit tibi: si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis ejus.