Deuteronomy 7 · Verse 11

Deuteronomy 7:11

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Deuteronomy 7:11, King James Version

Deuteronomy 7:11 in other translations

BSBSo keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
WEBYou shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.
ASVThou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
YLTand thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.
DARBYAnd thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
BBESo keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.
WebsterThou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

What does Deuteronomy 7:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:11-26
11-26. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day--In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. He pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from every evil to which, as a people, they would be exposed. That people accordingly were truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which the faithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered to that obedience which was required of them. See a beautiful illustration of this in Psa 144:12-15.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. Limiting the orders to destroy, to the nations here mentioned, plainly shows that after ages were not to draw this into a precedent. A proper understanding of the evil of sin, and of the mystery of a crucified Saviour, will…

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Deuteronomy 7:11 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.

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve.sha.mar.Taand you will keepH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּצְוָ֜הha.mitz.Vahthe commandmentH4687
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםha.chu.Kimthe statutesH2706
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםha.mish.pa.Timthe judgmentsH4941
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָנֹכִ֧י'a.no.KhiIH595
מְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.Kha[am] commanding youH6680
הַיּ֖וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם\׃\ \פla.'a.so.Tamto observe themH6213

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:11

  • John 14:15

    If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

  • Deuteronomy 5:32

    Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:1; 5:32; Joh 14:15

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 7:10

    And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

  • Deuteronomy 7:11

    Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

  • Deuteronomy 7:12

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

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Deuteronomy 7:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Guarda por tanto los mandamientos, y estatutos, y derechos que yo te mando hoy que cumplas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu garderas les commandements, et les statuts et les ordonnances que je te commande aujourd’hui, pour les pratiquer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So sollst du das Gebot und die Satzungen und die Rechte beobachten, die ich dir heute zu tun gebiete.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Custodi ergo præcepta et cæremonias atque judicia, quæ ego mando tibi hodie ut facias.