For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing you2f shall prolong [your] days in the land, to which you2f go over Yarden [Descender] to possess it.Isa 38:16; Exo 20:12; Deu 11:9
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.
ASVFor 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.
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
DRAFor 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.
FBVDon't treat these words as trivial because they are your life, and by them you will have long lives in the country that you will own after crossing the Jordan.”
GNVFor it is no vaine worde concerning you, but it is your life, and by this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the land, whither yee go ouer Iorden to possesse it.
JPSFor it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'
LSVfor it [is] not a vain thing for yöu, for it [is] yöur life, and by this thing yöu prolong days on the ground to where yöu are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
NASBFor it is not a trivial matter for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”NASB 2020
They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
OJBFor it is not an idle thing for you; because it is Chayyeichem (your life); and through this thing ye shall prolong your yamim in ha'adamah, whither ye go over Yarden to possess it.
RVFor it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Onkelos (Etheridge)For the word is not (given) in vain to you; it is your life, and by this word will you prolong your days upon the land which you pass over Jordan to inherit.
T4TThese instructions are very important [LIT]. If you obey them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to occupy.”
For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”