Deuteronomy 11:20

20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

Deuteronomy 11:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 Inscribe them on the doorposts and gates of your cities
American Standard Version (ASV)
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses. Also write them on your gates.

Deuteronomy 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:20

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 11:18).

Deuteronomy 11:20 In-Context

18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
22 If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 6:9
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