Deuteronomy 11:21
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That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
In other translations
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Hebrew words
לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יִרְבּוּyirbuthey may increaseH7235יְמֵיכֶםyemeikhemdays yourH3117וִימֵיvimeiand [the] days ofH3117בְנֵיכֶםveneikhemchildren yourH1121עַל'alonH5921הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe landH127אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834נִשְׁבַּעnishba'he sworeH7650יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםla'avoteikhemto ancestors yourH1לָתֵתlatetto giveH5414לָהֶםlahemto <the> themכִּימֵיkimeilike [the] days ofH3117הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064עַל־'al-aboveH5921הָאָרֶץ׃ סha'aretzthe earthH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Deuteronomy 6:2That 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 prolonged.so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
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- Deuteronomy 5:16Honour 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.Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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