Deuteronomy 6:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְצַוֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה לְיִרְאָ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְט֥וֹב לָ֙נוּ֙ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ כְּהַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Transliteration

And wayṣawwēnû YHWH to-laʿăśôt ʾet-all-the-haḥuqqîm the-hāʾēlleh to-lĕyirʾāh ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhênû for-lĕṭôb to-us all-the-hayyāmîm to-lĕḥayyōtēnû like-the-kĕhayyôm the-hazzeh

Grammar Details

*wa-yṣawwēnû*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - and he commanded us
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*la-ʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*kol*: noun, construct - all of
*ha-ḥuqqîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the statutes
*hā-ʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, common plural - these
*lĕ-yirʾāh*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to fear
*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun + 1st person plural suffix - our God
*lĕ-ṭôb*: preposition + masculine singular noun - for good
*lānû*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us
*ha-yyāmîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the days
*lĕ-ḥayyōtēnû*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct + 1st person plural suffix - to preserve us alive
*kĕ-ha-yyôm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - as the day
*ha-zzeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*ṣawwēnû*: commanded us/ordered us/instructed us
*laʿăśôt*: to do/perform/accomplish
*ḥuqqîm*: statutes/decrees/ordinances
*yirʾāh*: fear/reverence/awe
*ṭôb*: good/welfare/benefit
*yāmîm*: days/time/lifetime
*ḥayyōtēnû*: keep us alive/preserve us/sustain us
*yôm*: day/time/period

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Referenced Verses

Ps 41:2 : 2 The LORD will preserve{H8799)} him, and keep him alive{H8762)}; and he shall be blessed{H8795)} upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver{H8799)} him unto the will of his enemies{H8802)}.
Jer 32:39 : 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:
Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deut 8:1 : 1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deut 8:3 : 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 35:7-8 : 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Ps 66:9 : 9 Which holdeth{H8802)} our soul in life, and suffereth{H8804)} not our feet to be moved.
Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Prov 22:4 : 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Deut 4:4 : 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

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