Deuteronomy 6 · Verse 23

Deuteronomy 6:23

And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Deuteronomy 6:23, King James Version

Deuteronomy 6:23 in other translations

BSBBut He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
WEBand he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
ASVand he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
YLTand us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.
DARBYand he brought us out thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers.
BBEAnd he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.
WebsterAnd he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

What does Deuteronomy 6:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 6:20-25

20-25. when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying--The directions given for the instruction of their children form only an extension of the preceding counsels.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:17-25

Moses gives charge to keep God's commandments. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. It is our interest, as well as our duty, to be religious. It will be our life. Godliness has the promise of the continuance and comfort of the life that now is, as far as it is for God's glory. It will be our righteousness. It is only through the Mediator we can be righteous before God. The knowledge of…

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Deuteronomy 6:23 in the original Hebrew

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וְאוֹתָ֖נוּve.'o.Ta.nuand <obj.> usH853
הוֹצִ֣יאho.Tzi'he brought outH3318
מִשָּׁ֑םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso asH4616
הָבִ֣יאha.Vi'to bringH935
אֹתָ֔נוּ'o.Ta.nu<obj.> usH853
לָ֤תֶתLa.tetto giveH5414
לָ֙נוּ֙la.nuto us
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
נִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'he sworeH7650
לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ\׃la.'a.vo.Tei.nuto ancestors ourH1

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 6:23

  • Deuteronomy 6:18

    And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,

  • Exodus 13:5

    And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

  • Deuteronomy 6:10

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

  • Deuteronomy 1:8

    Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

  • Deuteronomy 1:35

    Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 6:22

    And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

  • Deuteronomy 6:23

    And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

  • Deuteronomy 6:24

    And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

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Deuteronomy 6:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sacónos de allá, para traernos y darnos la tierra que juró á nuestros padres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il nous a fait sortir de là, pour nous faire entrer dans le pays qu’il avait promis par serment à nos pères, pour nous le donner.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und uns führte er von dannen heraus, um uns herzubringen, uns das Land zu geben, welches er unseren Vätern zugeschworen hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et eduxit nos inde, ut introductis daret terram, super qua juravit patribus nostris.