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Deuteronomy 8:20 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 8 · verse 20
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 8:20 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 8:20 in context
18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyethʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- obedientshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- facepânîymthe faceH6440 →
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Moses, having mentioned the great plenty they would find in the land of Canaan, finds it necessary to caution them against the abuse of that plenty, which was a sin they would be the more prone to new that they came into the vineyard of the Lord, immediately out of a barren desert. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20