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Complete Jewish Bible

Deuteronomy 11:9

and so that you will live long in the land Adonai swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chastisement;   Obedience;   Thompson Chain Reference - Canaan, Land of;   Fruitful Land;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Farming;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Know, Knowledge;   Land (of Israel);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Honey;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Resurrection;   Samael;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Hebrew Names Version
and that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
King James Version
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Lexham English Bible
so that you may live long on the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors, to give it to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
English Standard Version
and that you may live long in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
New Century Version
Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.
New English Translation
and that you may enjoy long life in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Amplified Bible
so that you may live long on the land which the LORD swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land [of great abundance,] flowing with milk and honey.
New American Standard Bible
and so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also that ye may prolong your daies in the land, which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honie.
Legacy Standard Bible
so that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Contemporary English Version
that the Lord promised your ancestors and their descendants. It's rich with milk and honey, and you will live there and enjoy it for a long time.
Darby Translation
and that ye may prolong your days in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give unto them and unto their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will live a long life in that country. The Lord promised to give that land to your ancestors and all their descendants. It is a land filled with many good things.
George Lamsa Translation
And that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land that flows with milk and honey.
Good News Translation
And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the Lord promised to give your ancestors and their descendants.
Literal Translation
and so that you may prolong your days in the land which Jehovah has sworn to your fathers, to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& that ye maye lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE sware vnto youre fathers, to geue vnto them and to their sede, eue a londe that floweth with mylke and hony:
American Standard Version
and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Bible in Basic English
And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that ye may prolong your dayes in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to geue vnto them and to their seede, a lande that floweth with mylke and honie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
King James Version (1611)
And that yee may prolong your dayes in the lande which the Lord sware vnto your fathers to giue vnto them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milke and hony.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that ye may live long upon the land, which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
English Revised Version
and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Berean Standard Bible
and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to which ye schulen entre, and ye lyue therynne in myche time; which lond, flowynge with mylk and hony, the Lord bihiyte vndur an ooth to youre fadris and to `the seed of hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed -- a land flowing with milk and honey.
Update Bible Version
and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Webster's Bible Translation
And that ye may prolong [your] days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
World English Bible
and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
New King James Version
and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, 'a land flowing with milk and honey.' Exodus 3:8">[fn]
New Living Translation
If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey!
New Life Bible
You will live long in the land the Lord promised to your fathers and their children, a land flowing with milk and honey.
New Revised Standard
and so that you may live long in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and that ye may prolong your days upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them and unto their seed, - a land flowing with milk and honey.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Revised Standard Version
and that you may live long in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Contextual Overview

8 Therefore, you are to keep every mitzvah I am giving you today; so that you will be strong enough to go in and take possession of the land you are crossing over to conquer; 9 and so that you will live long in the land Adonai swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 (vi) "For the land you are entering in order to take possession of it isn't like the land of Egypt. There you would sow your seed and had to use your feet to operate its irrigation system, as in a vegetable garden. 11 But the land you are crossing over to take possession of is a land of hills and valleys, which soaks up water when rain falls from the sky. 12 It is a land Adonai your God cares for. The eyes of Adonai your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. 13 "So if you listen carefully to my mitzvot which I am giving you today, to love Adonai your God and serve him with all your heart and all your being; 14 then, [says Adonai ,] ‘I will give your land its rain at the right seasons, including the early fall rains and the late spring rains; so that you can gather in your wheat, new wine and olive oil; 15 and I will give your fields grass for your livestock; with the result that you will eat and be satisfied.' 16 But be careful not to let yourselves be seduced, so that you turn aside, serving other gods and worshipping them. 17 If you do, the anger of Adonai will blaze up against you. He will shut up the sky, so that there will be no rain. The ground will not yield its produce, and you will quickly pass away from the good land Adonai is giving you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prolong: Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 5:16, Deuteronomy 6:2, Psalms 34:12-22, Proverbs 3:2, Proverbs 3:16, Proverbs 9:11, Proverbs 10:27

sware: Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 9:5

a land: Exodus 3:8, Ezekiel 20:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:27 - General Deuteronomy 25:15 - that thy days Deuteronomy 30:20 - thou mayest

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
From these the islands of the nations were divided into their lands, each according to its language, according to their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began with Bavel, Erekh, Akkad and Kalneh, in the land of Shin‘ar.
Genesis 10:20
These were the descendants of Ham, according to their families and languages, in their lands and in their nations.
Genesis 10:25
To ‘Ever were born two sons. One was given the name Peleg [division], because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
Genesis 11:1
(S: vii) The whole earth used the same language, the same words.
Genesis 11:14
Shelach lived thirty years and fathered ‘Ever.
Genesis 11:31
Terach took his son Avram, his son Haran's son Lot, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Avram's wife; and they left Ur of the Kasdim to go to the land of Kena‘an. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there.
Genesis 11:32
Terach lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. Haftarah Noach: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 54:1–55:5 (A); 54:1–10 (S) [Messianic adaptation: commence the reading at 52:13] B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Noach: Mattityahu (Matthew) 24:36–44; Luke 17:26–37; Acts 2:1–16; 1 Kefa (1 Peter) 3:18–22; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 2:5
Acts 17:26
"From one man he made every nation living on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the limits of their territories and the periods when they would flourish.
1 Corinthians 14:23
So if the whole congregation comes together with everybody speaking in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, won't they say you're crazy?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that ye may prolong your days in the land,.... Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God:

which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed; had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands:

a land that floweth with milk and honey; abounds with all good things, whose fruits are fat as milk, and sweet as honey; so the Targum of Jonathan.


 
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