The Meaning of Deuteronomy 30:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 30:12

KJV: It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

YLT: It is not in the heavens, -- saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it.

Darby: It is not in the heavens, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to the heavens, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?

ASV: It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

It [is] not in heaven,  that thou shouldest say,  Who shall go up  for us to heaven,  and bring  it unto us, that we may hear  it, and do  it? 

What does Deuteronomy 30:12 Mean?

Context Summary

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Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 30

1  Great mercies promised unto the penitent
11  The commandment is manifest
15  Death and life are set before them

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 30:12 mean?

Not in heaven it [is] that you should say who will ascend for us into heaven and bring it to us that we may hear it and do it
לֹ֥א בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲלֶה־ לָּ֤נוּ הַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה

בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם  in  heaven 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
הִ֑וא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
לֵאמֹ֗ר  that  you  should  say 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יַעֲלֶה־  will  ascend 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
לָּ֤נוּ  for  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
הַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙  into  heaven 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ  and  bring  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לָּ֔נוּ  to  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ  that  we  may  hear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה  and  do  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural, third person feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.

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