Deuteronomy 6:24 (YLT)

Passage

And Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as <FI>at<Fi> this day;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:22 and Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

Deuteronomy 6:23 and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.

Deuteronomy 6:24 And Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as <FI>at<Fi> this day;

Deuteronomy 6:25 and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "for good", "jehovah", "commandeth", "statutes", "fear", "ourselves", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "for good" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "and us He hath brought out thence..." into verse 25's "and righteousness it is for us when...", so "for good" and "jehovah" 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 "for good" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.