Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. New Living Translation If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey! English Standard Version and that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. Berean Standard Bible and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. King James Bible And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. New King James Version and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ New American Standard Bible and so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. NASB 1995 so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. NASB 1977 so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Legacy Standard Bible so that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. Amplified Bible so that you may live long on the land which the LORD swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land [of great abundance,] flowing with milk and honey. Christian Standard Bible and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Holman Christian Standard Bible and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. American Standard Version and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. Contemporary English Version that the LORD promised your ancestors and their descendants. It's rich with milk and honey, and you will live there and enjoy it for a long time. English Revised Version and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then you will also live for a long time in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors and their descendants-a land flowing with milk and honey. Good News Translation And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the LORD promised to give your ancestors and their descendants. International Standard Version and so you'll live long in the land that the LORD your God promised by an oath to give your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Majority Standard Bible and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. NET Bible and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. New Heart English Bible and that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Webster's Bible Translation And that ye may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. World English Bible and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand so that you prolong days on the ground which YHWH has sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed—a land flowing with milk and honey. Young's Literal Translation and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed -- a land flowing with milk and honey. Smith's Literal Translation And so that ye shall prolong the days upon the land which Jehovah sware to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed; a land flowing milk and honey. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth with milk and honey. Catholic Public Domain Version and so that you may live, for a long time, in the land which the Lord promised under oath to your fathers, and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. New American Bible and that you may have long life on the land which the LORD swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. New Revised Standard Version and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your ancestors to give them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land that flows with milk and honey. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you shall multiply days in the land that LORD JEHOVAH swore to your forefathers to give them and to their seed, the land that flows with milk and honey. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. Brenton Septuagint Translation that ye may live long upon the land, which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Great Blessings8You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 9and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.… Cross References Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— Genesis 17:8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. Genesis 28:13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. Exodus 6:8 And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” Numbers 14:8 If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. Numbers 32:11 ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Deuteronomy 8:7-9 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; / a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; / a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them. Joshua 21:43 Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. Nehemiah 9:23-25 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess. / So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished. / They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness. Psalm 105:8-11 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ... Treasury of Scripture And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land that flows with milk and honey. prolong Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Deuteronomy 6:2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. sware Deuteronomy 6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Deuteronomy 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. a land Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Ezekiel 20:6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: Jump to Previous Descendants Honey Live Milk Oath Prolong Seed Sware Swore SwornJump to Next Descendants Honey Live Milk Oath Prolong Seed Sware Swore SwornDeuteronomy 11 1. Another exhortation to obedience2. by their own experience of God's great works 8. by promise of God's great blessings 16. and by threatenings 18. A careful study is required in God's words 26. The blessing and curse set before them and so that you may live long The phrase "live long" in Hebrew is "ya'arik yamim," which conveys not just the idea of longevity but also a quality of life that is blessed and fulfilling. In the ancient Near Eastern context, long life was seen as a sign of divine favor and blessing. This promise is contingent upon obedience to God's commandments, emphasizing the covenant relationship between God and His people. The idea of living long in the land is not merely about individual lifespan but about the enduring presence of the community in the Promised Land. in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants a land flowing with milk and honey Hebrew and so thatוּלְמַ֨עַן (ū·lə·ma·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent you may live long תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ (ta·’ă·rî·ḵū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 748: To be, long in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the land הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel swore נִשְׁבַּ֨ע (niš·ba‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear to your fathers לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֛ם (la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father to give לָתֵ֥ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew and their descendants, וּלְזַרְעָ֑ם (ū·lə·zar·‘ām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity a land אֶ֛רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land flowing זָבַ֥ת (zā·ḇaṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow with milk חָלָ֖ב (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2461: Milk and honey. וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (ū·ḏə·ḇāš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup Links Deuteronomy 11:9 NIVDeuteronomy 11:9 NLT Deuteronomy 11:9 ESV Deuteronomy 11:9 NASB Deuteronomy 11:9 KJV Deuteronomy 11:9 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 11:9 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 11:9 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 11:9 French Bible Deuteronomy 11:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:9 And that you may prolong your days (Deut. 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