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Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

KJV

multoque in ea vivatis tempore : quam sub juramento pollicitus est Dominus patribus vestris, et semini eorum, lacte et melle manantem.

Vulgate

ἵνα μακροημερεύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἧς ὤμοσεν Κύριος τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν δοῦναι αὐτοῖς καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτούς, γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι.

LXX

and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

ASV

וּ/לְמַ֨עַן תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ עַל הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה לַ/אֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֛ם לָ/תֵ֥ת לָ/הֶ֖ם וּ/לְ/זַרְעָ֑/ם אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּ/דְבָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
דְבָֽשׁ
dbsh
noun · 53×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זָבַ֥ת
zbt
verb · 42×
חָלָ֖ב
chlb
noun · 43×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ן
n
verb · 34×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

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1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore 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 upon
  • Deut 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
  • Deut 6:18 — And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
  • Deut 8:7 — 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;
  • Deut 9:5 — Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
  • Deut 30:20 — That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land wh
  • Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
  • Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Num 13:27 — And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
  • Prov 3:2 — For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
  • Prov 3:16 — Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
  • Prov 9:11 — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
  • Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Ps 34:12 — What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?