KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Deuteronomy 26:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Look down” | הַשְׁקִיפָה֩ | Properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e., (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle) | Look down |
| “from thy holy” | קָדְשְׁךָ֜ | A sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity | holy |
| “habitation,” | מִמְּע֨וֹן | An abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum) | habitation |
| “from” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | from |
| “heaven,” | הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “and bless” | וּבָרֵ֤ךְ | To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) | bless |
| “thy people” | עַמְּךָ֙ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “Israel,” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “and the land” | הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | Soil (from its general redness) | land |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “thou hast given” | נָתַ֖תָּה | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | given |
| “us, as” | כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | us as |
| “thou swarest” | נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ | To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) | swarest |
| “unto our fathers,” | לַֽאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
| “a land” | אֶ֛רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “that floweth” | זָבַ֥ת | To flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow | floweth |
| “with milk” | חָלָ֖ב | Milk (as the richness of kine) | milk |
| “and honey.” | וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ | Honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup | honey |
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13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
16 This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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