申命记 17:20

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這樣，他的心就不會高傲，輕看自己的兄弟，也不會偏左偏右，離了這誡命；好使他和他的子孫在以色列中，在他的國位上，可以日子長久。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
免 得 他 向 弟 兄 心 高 气 傲 ， 偏 左 偏 右 ， 离 了 这 诫 命 。 这 样 ， 他 和 他 的 子 孙 便 可 在 以 色 列 中 ， 在 国 位 上 年 长 日 久 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, taking it as your own and living in it, you will say, "Let's appoint a king over us like the nations all around us." ¹⁵ Be sure to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. He must be one of your own people. Do not appoint as your king a foreigner who is not a fellow Israelite. ¹⁶ The king must not have too many horses for himself, and he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because the Lord has told you, "Don't return that way again." ¹⁷ The king must not have many wives, or his heart will be led away from God. He must not have too much silver and gold. ¹⁸ When he becomes king, he should write a copy of the teachings on a scroll for himself, a copy taken from the priests and Levites. ¹⁹ He should keep it with him all the time and read from it every day of his life. Then he will learn to respect the Lord his God, and he will obey all the teachings and commands. ²⁰ He should not think he is better than his fellow Israelites, and he must not stop obeying the law in any way so that he and his descendants may rule the kingdom for a long time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his heart: Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:13, Deuteronomy 8:14, 2 Kings 14:10, 2 Chronicles 25:19, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:26, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, 2 Chronicles 34:27, Psalms 131:1, Psalms 131:2, Isaiah 2:12, Daniel 5:20-23, Habakkuk 2:4, 2 Corinthians 12:7, 1 Peter 5:5

he turn: Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28, Deuteronomy 12:32, 1 Kings 15:5

right hand: Deuteronomy 17:11, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:34, 1 Kings 11:36, 2 Kings 10:30, Psalms 19:11, Psalms 132:12, Proverbs 27:24, Ecclesiastes 8:13

that he: Proverbs 10:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:15 - that thy days Joshua 23:6 - that ye 1 Kings 2:2 - be thou 1 Chronicles 28:2 - my brethren 1 Timothy 3:6 - lest

Cross-References

Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement with you and all your descendants, which you must obey: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:12
From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave, who is not one of your descendants.

Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren,.... On account of his office, the dignity of it, considering that he was subject to the law of God, and accountable to the Lord for all his actions:

and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand or to the left; not in the least deviate from the law of God in the whole of his conduct, and particularly in the exercise of his kingly office:

to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom; ruling well according to the laws of God being the way to rule long:

he and his children in the midst of Israel; this shows, as Jarchi observes, that if his son was fit for the kingdom, he was to be preferred to any other man; for though it was elective, yet to be continued in the same family, provided they walked in the ways of the Lord, and observed his laws.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 17:20. He, and his children, in the midst of Israel. — From this verse it has been inferred that the crown of Israel was designed to be hereditary, and this is very probable; for long experience has proved to almost all the nations of the world that hereditary succession in the regal government is, on the whole, the safest, and best calculated to secure the public tranquillity.