so that you may prolong[your] dayson the landwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathersto giveto them and to their descendants,a landflowingwith milkand honey.
"Honoryour fatherand your mother,that your daysmay be prolongedin the landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou.
"So I have comedownto deliverthem from the powerof the Egyptians,and to bringthem up from that landto a goodand spaciousland,to a landflowingwith milkand honey,to the placeof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
The fearof the LORDprolongslife,But the yearsof the wickedwill be shortened.
Longlifeis in her righthand;In her lefthandare richesand honor.
For lengthof daysand yearsof lifeAnd peacethey will addto you.
For by me your dayswill be multiplied,And yearsof lifewill be addedto you.
on that dayI sworeto them, to bringthem out from the landof Egyptinto a landthat I had selectedfor them, flowingwith milkand honey,whichis the gloryof alllands.
See,I have placedthe landbeforeyou; goin and possessthe landwhichthe LORDsworeto giveto your fathers,to Abraham,to Isaac,and to Jacob,to them and their descendantsafterthem.'
"For the land,into whichyou are enteringto possessit, is not like the landof Egyptfrom whichyou came,whereyou used to sowyour seedand waterit with your footlike a vegetablegarden.
sothat your daysand the daysof your sonsmay be multipliedon the landwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathersto givethem, as longas the heavens[remain] abovethe earth.
"So you shall keepHis statutesand His commandmentswhichI am givingyou today,that it may gowellwith you and with your childrenafteryou, and that you may livelongon the landwhichthe LORDyour Godis givingyou for alltime."
Honoryour fatherand your mother,as the LORDyour Godhas commandedyou, that your daysmay be prolongedand that it may gowellwith you on the landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou.
"You shall walkin allthe waywhichthe LORDyour Godhas commandedyou, that you may liveand that it may be wellwith you, and that you may prolong[your] daysin the landwhichyou will possess.
"You shall dowhat is rightand goodin the sightof the LORD,that it may be wellwith you and that you may goin and possessthe goodlandwhichthe LORDsworeto [give] your fathers,
sothat you and your sonand your grandsonmight fearthe LORDyour God,to keepallHis statutesand His commandmentswhichI commandyou, allthe daysof your life,and that your daysmay be prolonged.
"O Israel,you should listenand be carefulto do[it], that it may be wellwith you and that you may multiplygreatly,justas the LORD,the Godof your fathers,has promisedyou, [in] a landflowingwith milkand honey.
"For the LORDyour Godis bringingyou into a goodland,a landof brooksof water,of fountainsand springs,flowingforthin valleysand hills;
"It is not for your righteousnessor for the uprightnessof your heartthat you are goingto possesstheir land,but [it is] becauseof the wickednessof thesenations[that] the LORDyour Godis drivingthem out beforeyou, in orderto confirmthe oathwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathers,to Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.
