so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Parallel translations
- WEB that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- KJV That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- NKJV that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
- NASB so that your days and the days of your sons may be increased on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.
- NLT so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.
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Quick answer
Such faithfulness would multiply their days and their children's in the promised land. Covenant obedience secures enduring blessing for generations.
Overview
Moses promises long life in the land for those who keep God's word and teach it. The blessing extends to children, as lasting as the heavens above the earth. This enduring inheritance tied to faithfulness points to the eternal life God grants His people in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Prov 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- Prov 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
- Prov 9:11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- Deut 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Ps 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- Ps 89:28–29I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- Deut 6:2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- Deut 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Rev 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
- Prov 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Isa 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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