The Meaning of Deuteronomy 7:11 Explained

Deuteronomy 7:11

KJV: Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

YLT: and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.

Darby: And thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.

ASV: Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt therefore keep  the commandments,  and the statutes,  and the judgments,  which I command  thee this day,  to do  them. 

What does Deuteronomy 7:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 7:1-11 - No Compromise With Idolatry
The great Lawgiver had His eye constantly on the coming generation. It is good when the children are so arrested by our religious life, that they come to ask us to tell them the reasons that account for it. Seek to live so purely and devoutly, and yet so attractively, that the young people around will be compelled to inquire after your secret, Luke 11:1.
We are not only to teach the children, but to guard them against forming friendships and making marriage alliances with those who might divert them from God. In the New Testament, Christians are forbidden to marry except "in the Lord," and equally stringent are prohibitions against worldly intercourse, 1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14.
God can break the seven-fold power of sin in the heart of those who are absolutely given over to Him and are willing to surrender their evil ways. This is pledged to us by His fidelity and love, Deuteronomy 7:8-9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 7

1  All communion with the nations is forbidden
5  for fear of idolatry,
6  for the holiness of the people,
9  for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
17  and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 7:11 mean?

Therefore you shall keep - the commandment and the statutes the judgments which I command you today to observe them -
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ אֶת־ הַמִּצְוָ֜ה וְאֶת־ הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם פ

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨  Therefore  you  shall  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַמִּצְוָ֜ה  the  commandment 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים  the  statutes 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹק  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due.
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים  the  judgments 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
מְצַוְּךָ֛  command  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
הַיּ֖וֹם  today 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם  to  observe  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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