Deuteronomy 29:12
What does Deuteronomy 29:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 29:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
KJV
King James Version · 1611That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thyGod, and into his oath, which Jehovah thyGod maketh with thee this day;
Context
v.11your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;
v.12This passage
v.13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 24:25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
- Deuteronomy 29:14
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
- Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
- 2 Kings 11:17
And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah’s people; between the king also and the people.
- Nehemiah 10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
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