She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
Deuteronomy 32:47 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is not an empty and worthless trifle for you; it is your [very] life. By it you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess. American Standard Version (1901) For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it. Common English Bible This is no trivial matter for you—this is your very life! It is by this means alone that you will prolong your life on the fertile land you are crossing the Jordan River to possess. Catholic Public Domain Version For these things have not been entrusted to you to no purpose, but so that each one would live by them, and so that, in doing these, you may continue for a long time in the land, which you will enter upon crossing the Jordan in order to possess it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they are not commanded you in vain, but that every one should live in them: and that doing them you may continue a long time in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it. |
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.
I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the Lord.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to us.
If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”
Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’
He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.