Deuteronomy 5:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֡ן וְהָיָה֩ לְבָבָ֨ם זֶ֜ה לָהֶ֗ם לְיִרְאָ֥ה אֹתִ֛י וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָהֶ֛ם וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְעֹלָֽם

Transliteration

Who-yittēn and-wəhāyāh ləbābām this to-them to-ləyirʾāh me and-to-lišmōr ʾet-all-miṣwōtay all-the-yāmîm so-that yîṭab to-them and-to-children-of-them to-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *yittēn*: Qal imperfect 3ms - he would give
• *wəhāyāh*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 3ms - and it would be
• *ləbābām*: common noun, masculine singular construct + 3mp suffix - their heart
• *ləyirʾāh*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to fear
• *lišmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to keep
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *miṣwōtay*: common noun, feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my commandments
• *yāmîm*: common noun, masculine plural - days
• *yîṭab*: Qal imperfect 3ms - it may go well
• *ʿôlām*: common noun, masculine singular - forever

Word Meanings

• *yittēn*: he would give/who will give/oh that
• *wəhāyāh*: and it would be/and it might be/if only it were
• *ləbābām*: their heart/their mind/their will
• *ləyirʾāh*: to fear/to reverence/to stand in awe of
• *lišmōr*: to keep/to observe/to guard
• *miṣwōtay*: my commandments/my precepts/my instructions
• *yîṭab*: it may go well/it may be good/it may be pleasant
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternally/perpetually

Referenced Verses

• Isa 48:18 : 18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
• Ezek 33:31-32 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
• Deut 4:40 : 40 And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
• Deut 11:1 : 1 Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.
• Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
• Luke 19:42 : 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
• John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
• Eph 6:3 : 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• Jer 22:14-15 : 14 that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
• Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
• Deut 6:3 : 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deut 6:18 : 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
• Deut 12:25 : 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
• Deut 12:28 : 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
• Deut 19:13 : 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
• Deut 22:7 : 7 thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
• Deut 32:29-30 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
• Ruth 3:1 : 1 And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
• Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.
• Ps 81:13-15 : 13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
• Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
• Ps 119:1-5 : 1 ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart. 3 Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently. 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.