דברים 6:2

Hebrew Modern Translation

למען תירא את יהוה אלהיך לשמר את כל חקתיו ומצותיו אשר אנכי מצוך אתה ובנך ובן בנך כל ימי חייך ולמען יארכן ימיך׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
למען תירא את יהוה אלהיך לשמר את כל חקתיו ומצותיו אשר אנכי מצוך אתה ובנך ובן בנך כל ימי חייך ולמען יארכן ימיך

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
לְמַ֨עַן תִּירָ֜א אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ לִ֠שְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתָ֣יו וּמִצְוֹתָיו֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוֶּךָ֒ אַתָּה֙ וּבִנְךָ֣ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּ֑יךָ וּלְמַ֖עַן יַאֲרִכֻ֥ן יָמֶֽיךָ ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
לְמַעַן תִּירָא אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתָיו וּמִצְוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ וּלְמַעַן יַאֲרִכֻן יָמֶֽיךָ ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fear: See note on Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 13:4, Genesis 22:12, Exodus 20:20, Job 28:28, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 128:1, Proverbs 16:6, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Luke 12:5, 1 Peter 1:17

and thy son: Deuteronomy 6:7, Genesis 18:19, Psalms 78:4-8

thy days: Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 5:16, Deuteronomy 5:33, Deuteronomy 22:7, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:2, Proverbs 3:16, 1 Peter 3:10, 1 Peter 3:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:20 - teach Leviticus 19:37 - General Deuteronomy 6:13 - fear Deuteronomy 6:17 - General Deuteronomy 6:24 - to fear Deuteronomy 11:9 - prolong Deuteronomy 11:21 - your days Deuteronomy 12:1 - the statutes Joshua 4:24 - ye might 2 Samuel 22:23 - judgments 1 Kings 2:3 - statutes 1 Kings 8:40 - fear thee 2 Kings 17:37 - the statutes Ezra 9:12 - that ye may Job 42:17 - General Psalms 34:12 - What Psalms 105:45 - That Proverbs 4:10 - the Proverbs 9:11 - General Jeremiah 11:7 - in the Jeremiah 42:6 - that it Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Luke 1:75 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God,.... Being taught to know the greatness of his being, and the nature of his mind and will, and the manner of his worship; and not with a slavish fear, but with a filial one, a reverential affection for God; being instructed in their duty, as of children, to their God and Father; see Deuteronomy 5:29

to keep all his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee; not in his own name, but in the name, and by the authority of God, whose minister and messenger he was; and all, having the stamp of divine authority on them, were to be observed and kept, and not one to be neglected or departed from:

thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; a man and his children, and grandchildren; he was to take care that they kept all the commandments of the Lord as long as he lived, and had any concern with them:

and that thy days may be prolonged; long life being reckoned a very great outward mercy; a long enjoyment of, and continuance in the land of Canaan, is chiefly designed, which is usually expressed when this is observed; see Deuteronomy 4:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 6:2. That thou mightest fear the Lord — Respect his sovereign authority as a lawgiver, and ever feel thyself bound to obey him. No man can walk either conscientiously or safely who has not the fear of God continually before his eyes. When this is gone, more than a guardian angel is fled.

Thou, and thy son, and thy son's son — Through all thy successive generations. Whoever fears God will endeavour to bring up his children in the way of righteousness, that they also may fear God, and that pure and undefiled religion may be preserved in his family through all its generations, not only in word, but in practice also.