Deuteronomy 30:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה תָשׁ֔וּב וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם

Transliteration

And wəʾattāh tāšûb and wəšāmaʿtā to the qôl of YHWH and wəʿāśîtā ʾet-all his miṣwōtāyw which ʾānōkî məṣawwəkā today

Grammar Details

*wəʾattāh*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular independent pronoun - and you
*tāšûb*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will return/come back
*wəšāmaʿtā*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will hear/obey
*qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
*wəʿāśîtā*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will do/perform
*miṣwōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his commandments
*ʾānōkî*: 1st singular independent pronoun - I
*məṣawwəkā*: piel participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - commanding you

Word Meanings

*tāšûb*: return/turn back/repent
*wəšāmaʿtā*: hear/listen to/obey
*qôl*: voice/sound
*wəʿāśîtā*: do/make/perform/accomplish
*miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/precepts/ordinances

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Referenced Verses

Deut 30:2 : 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
Prov 16:1 : 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Isa 1:25-26 : 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezek 37:24 : 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Rom 11:26-27 : 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Eph 2:16 : 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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Deut 30:1-3
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1And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
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