Deuteronomy 7:12
What does Deuteronomy 7:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 7:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If after thou hast heard these judgments, thou keep and do them, the Lord thy God will also keep his covenant to thee, and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thyGod will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers;
Context
v.11Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
v.12This passage
v.13and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:3
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Luke 1:72
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
- Psalms 105:8
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Luke 1:55
(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.
- Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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