Deuteronomy 30:10 (GNV)

Passage

Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with al thy soule.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:8 Returne thou therefore, and obey the voyce of the Lord, and do all his commandements, which I commaund thee this day.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in euery worke of thine hande, in the fruite of thy bodie, and in the fruite of thy cattel, and in the fruite of the lande for thy wealth: for the Lord will turne againe, and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good, as he reioyced ouer thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 30:10 Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with al thy soule.

Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandement which I commande thee this day, is not hid from thee, neither is it farre off.

Deuteronomy 30:12 It is not in heauen, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go vp for vs to heauen, and bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may doe it?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "obey", "voyce", "lord", "keeping", "comandements", and "ordinances". 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 the Lord thy God will make..." into verse 11's "For this commandement which I commande 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.