Deuteronomy 32:47
for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life,—and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are, passing over the Jordan to possess it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
48And Yahweh spake unto Moses, on this selfsame day, saying:
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them,—I, am Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 30:16for thou must keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Yahweh thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his regulations,—so shalt thou live and multiply, and Yahweh thy God will bless thee, in the land which thou art entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 30:20to love Yahweh thy God, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him,—for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them.
Proverbs 3:1My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Proverbs 3:22So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;
Proverbs 4:22For, life, they are, to them who find them,—and, to every part of one’s flesh, they bring healing.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:45-52
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to… Read the whole commentary →