Deuteronomy 17:20

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel."

Word-by-Word Analysis

That his

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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be not

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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up

מַעַל

maʻal

H4605

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

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his

אָח

ʼâch

H251

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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and that he

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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not

סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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from the

פֶּה

peh

H6310

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...

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to the

יְמָנִי

yᵉmânîy

H3233

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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or to the

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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to the

קֵץ

qêts

H7093

an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after

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that he may

אָרַךְ

ʼârak

H748

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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his

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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in his

מַלְכוּ

malkûw

H4437

dominion (abstractly or concretely)

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he and his

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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in the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Key Terms in This Verse

prolong H748

אָרַךְ ʼârak

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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aside H5493

סוּר çûwr

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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lifted H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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commandment H6310

פֶּה peh

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

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above H4605

מַעַל maʻal

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

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turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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end H7093

קֵץ qêts

an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after

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kingdom H4437

מַלְכוּ malkûw

dominion (abstractly or concretely)

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left H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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right H3233

יְמָנִי yᵉmânîy

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:5 cross-reference

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Deuteronomy 5:32 cross-reference

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Isaiah 2:12 cross-reference

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Psalm 19:11 cross-reference

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

1 Kings 11:34 cross-reference

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statute...

Deuteronomy 17:11 cross-reference

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall she...

Deuteronomy 12:32 cross-reference

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Deuteronomy 12:28 cross-reference

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD t...

Habakkuk 2:4 cross-reference

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

2 Kings 14:10 cross-reference

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with the...

2 Chronicles 33:19 cross-reference

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, ...

2 Chronicles 25:19 cross-reference

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah wi...

1 Samuel 15:23 cross-reference

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Deuteronomy 4:2 cross-reference

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

2 Corinthians 12:7 cross-reference

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above mea...

2 Chronicles 34:27 cross-reference

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and did...

Deuteronomy 8:2 cross-reference

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep ...

2 Chronicles 33:23 cross-reference

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

2 Kings 10:30 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of th...

2 Chronicles 33:12 cross-reference

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Proverbs 27:24 cross-reference

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Psalm 132:12 cross-reference

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

Deuteronomy 12:25 cross-reference

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 26:16 cross-reference

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 cross-reference

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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