Deuteronomy 8 · Verse 1

Deuteronomy 8:1

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:1, King James Version

Deuteronomy 8:1 in other translations

BSBYou must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
WEBYou shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.
ASVAll the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers.
YLT‘All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers;
DARBYEvery commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.
BBETake care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.
WebsterAll the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.

What does Deuteronomy 8:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

De 8:1-20. An Exhortation to Obedience.

1. All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live--In all the wise arrangements of our Creator duty has been made inseparably connected with happiness; and the earnest enforcement of the divine law which Moses was making to the Israelites was in order to secure their being a happy (because a moral and religious) people: a course of prosperity is often called "life" (Ge 17:18; Pr 3:2). live, and multiply--This reference to the future increase of their population proves that they were too few to occupy the land fully at first.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

An exhortation to obedience from a consideration of God's past mercies, Deu 8:1, Deu 8:2. Man is not to live by bread only, but by every word of God, Deu 8:3. How God provided for them in the wilderness, Deu 8:4. The Lord chastened them that they might be obedient, Deu 8:5, Deu 8:6. A description of the land into which they were going, Deu 8:7-9. Cautions lest they should forget God in their prosperity, Deu 8:10-16, and lest they should attribute that prosperity to themselves, and not to God, Deu 8:17, Deu 8:18. The terrible judgments that shall fall upon them, should they prove unfaithful, Deu 8:19, Deu 8:20.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-9
Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him. To engage them to this obedience. Moses directs them to look back. It is good to remember all the ways, both of God's providence and grace, by which he has led us through this wilderness, that we may cheerfully serve him and trust in him. They must remember the straits they were sometimes brought into, for mortifying their pride, and manifesting their perverseness; to prove them, that they and others might know all that was in their heart, and that all might see that God chose them, not for any thing in them which might recommend them to his favour. They must remember the miraculous supplies of food and raiment granted them. Let none of God's children distrust their Father, nor take any sinful course for the supply of their necessities. Some way or other, God will provide for them in the way of duty and honest diligence, and verily they shall be fed. It may be applied spiritually; the word of God is the food of the soul. Christ is the word of God; by him we live. They must also remember the rebukes they had been under, and not without need. This use we should make of all our afflictions; by them let us be quickened to our duty. Moses also directs them to look forward to Canaan. Look which way we will, both to look back and to look forward, to Canaan. Look which way we will, both to look back and to look forward will furnish us with arguments for obedience. Moses saw in that land a type of the better country. The gospel church is the New Testament Canaan, watered with the Spirit in his gifts and graces, planted with trees of righteousness, bearing fruits of righteousness. Heaven is the good land, in which nothing is wanting, and where is fulness of joy.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 8:1 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.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמִּצְוָ֗הha.mitz.Vahthe commandmentH4687
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָנֹכִ֧י'a.no.KhiIH595
מְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.Kha[am] commanding youH6680
הַיּ֖וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
תִּשְׁמְר֣וּןtish.me.Runyou will take care !H8104
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.Sotto observeH6213
לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
תִּֽחְי֜וּןtich.Yunyou may live !H2421
וּרְבִיתֶ֗םu.re.vi.Temand you will increaseH7235
וּבָאתֶם֙u.va.Temand you will goH935
וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣םvi.rish.Temand you will take possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
נִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'he sworeH7650
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם\׃la.'a.vo.tei.Khemto ancestors yourH1

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 8:1

  • 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 5:32-6:3

    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. Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 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. …

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • Psalms 119:4-6

    Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's mercy and goodness in his dealings with Israel.

4:1; 5:32,33; 6:1-3; Ps 119:4-6; 1Th 4:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 8:1

    All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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Deuteronomy 8:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		CUIDARÉIS de poner por obra todo mandamiento que yo os ordeno hoy, porque viváis, y seáis multiplicados, y entréis, y poseáis la tierra, de la cual juró Jehová á vuestros padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous prendrez garde à pratiquer tous les commandements que je vous commande aujourd’hui, afin que vous viviez, et que vous multipliiez, et que vous entriez dans le pays que l’ Éternel a promis par serment à vos pères, et que vous le possédiez.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das ganze Gebot, das ich dir heute gebiete, sollt ihr beobachten, es zu tun; auf daß ihr lebet und euch mehret und hineinkommet und das Land in Besitz nehmet, welches Jehova euren Vätern zugeschworen hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omne mandatum, quod ego præcipio tibi hodie, cave diligenter ut facias, ut possitis vivere, et multiplicemini, ingressique possideatis terram, pro qua juravit Dominus patribus vestris.