King James Version
Deuteronomy 30:8 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.”
Deuteronomy 30:8 · KJV
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“and obey”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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)
“all his commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“thee this day”
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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