King James Version
Deuteronomy 29:9 in the King James Version says “Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.”
Deuteronomy 29:9 · KJV
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
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“Keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“therefore the words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“them that ye may prosper”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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