Deuteronomy 30:10 (DBY)

Passage

if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn to Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:8 But thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And Jehovah thy God will make thee abound in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 30:10 if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn to Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far off.

Deuteronomy 30:12 It is not in the heavens, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to the heavens, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "hearken", "voice", "jehovah", "keep", "commandments", and "statutes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And Jehovah thy God will make thee..." into verse 11's "For this commandment which I command thee...", so "thou" and "shalt" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.