Deuteronomy 32:47
for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
48And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 30:16in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:20to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He [is] thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'
Proverbs 3:1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Proverbs 3:22And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 4:22For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh 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 →