Deuteronomy Chapter 11 verse 9 Holy Bible
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.
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And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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and that ye may prolong your days in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give unto them and unto their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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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.
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And that ye may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed -- a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) To give unto them.--See Note on Deuteronomy 11:21, further on.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand so thatוּלְמַ֨עַן (ū·lə·ma·‘an)Conjunctive waw | ConjunctionStrong's 4616: Purpose -- intentyou may live longתַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ (ta·’ă·rî·ḵū)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 748: To be, longinעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe landהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 127: Ground, landthe LORDיְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelsworeנִשְׁבַּ֨ע (niš·ba‘)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7650: To seven oneself, swearto your fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֛ם (la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 1: Fatherto giveלָתֵ֥ת (lā·ṯêṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 5414: To give, put, setthemלָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)Preposition | third person masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew and their descendants,וּלְזַרְעָ֑ם (ū·lə·zar·‘ām)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posteritya landאֶ֛רֶץ (’e·reṣ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landflowingזָבַ֥ת (zā·ḇaṯ)Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular constructStrong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflowwith milkחָלָ֖ב (ḥā·lāḇ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2461: Milkand honey.וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (ū·ḏə·ḇāš)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1706: Honey, syrupJump to PreviousDescendants Honey Live Milk Oath Prolong Seed Sware Swore Sworn