Deuteronomy 7 · Verse 12

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:

Deuteronomy 7:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 7:12 in other translations

BSB	If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
WEB	It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
ASV	And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
YLT	‘And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,
DARBY	And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers;
BBE	And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.
Webster	Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God will keep to thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers:

What does Deuteronomy 7:12 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 The Lord - shall keep unto thee the covenant - So we find their continuance in the state of favor was to depend on their faithfulness to the grace of God. If they should rebel, though God had chosen them through his love, yet he would cast them off in his justice. The elect, we see, may become unfaithful, and so become reprobates. So it happened to 24,000 of them, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness because they had sinned; yet these were of the elect that came out of Egypt. Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:12-26

We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our souls; which is our rule of duty. Yet sin is never totally destroyed in this world; and it actually prevails in us much more than it would do, if we were watchful and diligent. In all this the Lord acts according to the counsel of his own will; but that counsel being hid from us, forms no excuse for our sloth and negligence, of which it is in no degree the cause. We must not think, that because the deliverance of the church, and the destruction of the enemies of the soul, are not done immediately, therefore they will never be done. God will do his own work in his own method and time; and we may be sure that they are always the best. Thus corruption is driven out of the hearts of believers by little and little. The work of sanctification is carried on gradually; but at length there will be a complete victory. Pride, security, and other sins that are common effects of prosperity, are enemies more dangerous than beasts of the field, and more apt to increase upon us.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 7:12 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.

וְהָיָ֣ה\׀ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961

עֵ֣קֶב'E.kevconsequenceH6118

תִּשְׁמְע֗וּןtish.me.'Unyou will hear !H8085

אֵ֤ת'et<obj.>H853

הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ha.mish.pa.Timthe judgmentsH4941

הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םu.she.mar.Temand you will take careH8104

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.Temand you will observeH6213

אֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

וְשָׁמַר֩ve.sha.Marand he will keepH8104

יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068

אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430

לְךָ֗le.Khato <the> you

אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הַבְּרִית֙ha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853

הַחֶ֔סֶדha.Che.sed<the> covenant loyaltyH2617

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834

נִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'he sworeH7650

לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ\׃la.'a.vo.Tei.khato ancestors yourH1

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:12

Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. …
Leviticus 26:3-13
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. …
Psalms 105:8-10
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
Luke 1:72-73
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Luke 1:55
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

if. Heb. because.
28:1; Le 26:3
Lord.
9; Ps 105:8-10; Mic 7:20; Lu 1:55,72,73

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Context

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:
Deuteronomy 7:13
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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Deuteronomy 7:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y será que, por haber oído estos derechos, y guardado y puéstolos por obra, Jehová tu Dios guardará contigo el pacto y la misericordia que juró á tus padres;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et, si vous écoutez ces ordonnances, et que vous les gardiez et les fassiez, il arrivera que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te gardera l’alliance et la bonté qu’il a jurées à tes pères.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und es wird geschehen: dafür daß ihr diesen Rechten gehorchet und sie beobachtet und sie tut, wird Jehova, dein Gott, dir den Bund und die Güte bewahren, die er deinen Vätern geschworen hat;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Si postquam audieris hæc judicia, custodieris ea, et feceris, custodiet et Dominus Deus tuus pactum tibi, et misericordiam quam juravit patribus tuis: