King James Version
Deuteronomy 11:1 in the King James Version says “Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandmen...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.”
Deuteronomy 11:1 · KJV
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“his charge”
H4931watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
“and his judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and his commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“alway”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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