Deuteronomy 11:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
soלְמַ֨עַן
(le·ma·'an)
4616: purpose, intentfrom anah
that your daysיְמֵיכֶם֙
(ye·mei·chem)
3117: daya prim. root
and the daysוִימֵ֣י
(vi·mei)
3117: daya prim. root
of your sonsבְנֵיכֶ֔ם
(ve·nei·chem,)
1121: sona prim. root
may be multipliedיִרְבּ֤וּ
(yir·bu)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
on the landהָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה
(ha·'a·da·mah,)
127: ground, landfrom the same as adam
whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
the LORDיְהוָ֛ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
sworeנִשְׁבַּ֧ע
(nish·ba)
7650: to sweardenominative verb from sheba
to your fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם
(la·'a·vo·tei·chem)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
to giveלָתֵ֣ת
(la·tet)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
them, as longכִּימֵ֥י
(ki·mei)
3117: daya prim. root
as the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
(ha·sha·ma·yim)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
[remain] aboveעַ֚ל
(al)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
the earth.הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
That your days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
may be multiplied
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
and the days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of your children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
in the land
'adamah  (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
which the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
sware
shaba`  (shaw-bah')
propr. to be complete; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
unto your fathers
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
to give
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them as the days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
upon the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your fathers.

International Standard Version
so that you and your children may live long on the land that the LORD promised to give your ancestors—as long as the sky remains above the earth."

NET Bible
so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then you and your children will live for a long time in this land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors-as long as there's a sky above the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
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