King James Version
Deuteronomy 8:6 in the King James Version says “Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.”
Deuteronomy 8:6 · KJV
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil: Heb. of olive tree of oil
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Therefore thou shalt 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)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“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
“in his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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