Deuteronomy 30:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then if you and your descendants turn to the LORD your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ עַד־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ בְקֹל֔וֹ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם אַתָּ֣ה וּבָנֶ֔יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ

Transliteration

And wəšabtā unto YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm and wəšāmaʿtā to his qōl according to all that ʾānōkî məṣawwəkā today, you and your bānîm, with all your lēbāb and with all your nepeš

Grammar Details

• *wəšabtā*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall return/come back
• *wəšāmaʿtā*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall hear/listen/obey
• *qōl*: masculine singular noun with preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his voice
• *ʾānōkî*: 1st singular independent pronoun - I
• *məṣawwəkā*: piel participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - commanding you
• *bānîm*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons/children
• *lēbāb*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heart/mind
• *nepeš*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your soul/life/self

Word Meanings

• *wəšabtā*: return/come back/repent
• *wəšāmaʿtā*: hear/listen to/obey
• *qōl*: voice/sound
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner self
• *nepeš*: soul/life/self/person/desire

Referenced Verses

• Neh 1:9 : 9 But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’
• Joel 2:12-13 : 12 An Appeal for Repentance“Yet even now,” the LORD says,“return to me with all your heart– with fasting, weeping, and mourning. 13 Tear your hearts, not just your garments!” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.
• Lam 3:40 : 40 נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
• Hos 6:1-2 : 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! 2 He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
• Hos 14:1-3 : 1 Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall! 2 Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him:“Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. 3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say,‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”
• Deut 4:28-31 : 28 There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell. 29 But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. 30 In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him 31 (for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
• Deut 13:3 : 3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
• 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.
• 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
• Ps 41:12 : 12 As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.
• Ps 119:80 : 80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD.
• Jer 4:14 : 14 “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
• Jer 29:13 : 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
• Lam 3:32 : 32 Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
• 2 Cor 3:16 : 16 but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.