What Does Deuteronomy 31:20 Mean?

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“For when I shall have brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“them into the land”

soil (from its general redness)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which I sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“unto their fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“that floweth”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“with milk”

milk (as the richness of kine)

“and honey”

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

“and they shall have eaten”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“and filled”

to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

“themselves and waxen fat”

to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)

“then will they turn”

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc

near, with or among; often in general, to

“gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“unto other”

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc

“and serve”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

“them and provoke”

to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom

“me and break”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)