Deuteronomy 11:9

and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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WEBBE

and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.

BSB

and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

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.

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וּלְמַעַן u·le·ma·'an and so that H4616 תַּאֲרִיכוּ ta·'a·ri·khu you may prolong H748 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הָאֲדָמָה ha·'a·da·mah the land H127 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נִשְׁבַּע nish·ba' he swore H7650 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם la·'a·vo·tei·khem to ancestors your H1 לָתֵת la·tet to give H5414 לָהֶם la·hem to them H9038 וּלְזַרְעָם u·le·zar·'am and to offspring their H2233 אֶרֶץ 'e·retz a land H776 זָבַת za·vat flowing of H2100 חָלָב cha·lav milk H2461 וּדְבָשׁ ס u·de·vash and honey H1706

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–17

Moses sets before them, for the future, life and death, the blessing and the curse, according as they did or did not keep God's commandment. Sin tends to shorten the days of all men, and to shorten the days of a people's prosperity. God will bless them with an abundance of all good things, if they would love him and serve him. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is; but the favour of God shall put gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, and wine, and oil. Revolt from God to idols would certainly be their ruin. Take heed that your hearts be not deceived. All who forsake God to set their affection upon any creature, will find themselves wretchedly deceived, to their own destruction; and this will make it worse, that it was for want of taking heed.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.