Deuteronomy 6:10
What does Deuteronomy 6:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 6:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Deuteronomy 6:10 means
Moses foretells a time of future prosperity for Israel when God fulfills His promise to bring them into the land sworn to their ancestors. The land will have great and flourishing cities, bountiful homes, hewn cisterns for water, and productive vineyards and olive groves—all prepared and waiting for them, which they did not build or plant themselves. This description highlights God's abundant provision and graciousness, emphasizing that their prosperity is a divine gift, not a human achievement.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee--cities great and good, which thou hast not built,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it shall be, when Jehovah thyGod bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,
Context
Having established the foundational command to love God and ways to keep His words central (verses 4-9), Moses now shifts to a prophetic warning. This verse describes the idyllic conditions Israel will inherit, setting up the potential pitfall of forgetting God amidst such ease. It provides the backdrop for the crucial warning in verse 12 against forgetting the source of their blessings.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:3
sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Psalms 78:55
He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Genesis 28:13
And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Genesis 15:18
In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Psalms 105:44
And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
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