Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

for it is not a vain thing for you, for it is your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

New American Standard Bible

For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

King James Version

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Holman Bible

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

International Standard Version

because they're not just empty words for you they are your very life. Through these instructions you will live long in the land that you are about to cross over the Jordan River to possess."

A Conservative Version

For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land where ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

American Standard Version

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

Amplified

For it is not an empty or trivial matter for you; indeed it is your [very] life. By [honoring and obeying] this word you will live long in the land, which you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Bible in Basic English

And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

Darby Translation

For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

Julia Smith Translation

For it is not an empty word for you, but it is your life; and in this word ye shall prolong the days upon the land which ye pass through Jordan there to inherit it

King James 2000

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, which you go over Jordan to possess.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for it [is] not a trifling matter among you, but it [is] your life, and through this word {you will live long in the land} that you [are about] to cross the Jordan [to get] there to take possession of it."

Modern King James verseion

For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life. And by this Word you shall prolong your days in the land where you go over Jordan, there to possess it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For it is not a vain word unto you: but it is your life: and through this word ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to conquer it."

NET Bible

For this is no idle word for you -- it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess."

New Heart English Bible

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it."

The Emphasized Bible

for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life, - and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are, passing over the Jordan to possess it.

Webster

For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

World English Bible

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it."

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For it is not a vain
רק ריק 
Reyq 
Usage: 14

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

ארך 
'arak 
Usage: 34

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

in the land
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

whither ye go over
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

ירדּן 
Yarden 
Usage: 182

to possess
ירשׁ ירשׁ 
Yarash 
Usage: 231

Context Readings

Moses Is Allowed To See Canaan

46 and saith unto them, 'Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law, 47 for it is not a vain thing for you, for it is your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.' 48 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,



Cross References

Leviticus 18:5

and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 30:19-20

'I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

Proverbs 3:1-2

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

Proverbs 3:18

A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

Proverbs 3:22

And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Proverbs 4:22

For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

Isaiah 45:19

Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.

Matthew 6:33

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Romans 10:5-6

for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

1 Timothy 4:8

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

1 Timothy 6:6-8

but it is great gain -- the piety with contentment;

1 Peter 3:10-12

for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

2 Peter 1:3

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

2 Peter 1:16

For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty --

Revelation 22:14

'Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

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