Deuteronomy 31:13 (DBY)

Passage

and that their children who do not know it may hear it and learn, that they may fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land, whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel cometh to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their ears.

Deuteronomy 31:12 Gather the people together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and take heed to do all the words of this law;

Deuteronomy 31:13 and that their children who do not know it may hear it and learn, that they may fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land, whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

Deuteronomy 31:14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, the days are near for thee to die; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:15 And Jehovah appeared at the tent in the pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "hear", "learn", "fear", "jehovah", "long", "live", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "hear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Gather the people together the men and..." into verse 14's "And Jehovah said to Moses Lo the...", so "children" and "hear" 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 "children" and "hear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.