The Meaning of Deuteronomy 29:11 Explained

Deuteronomy 29:11

KJV: Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

YLT: your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water --

Darby: your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;

ASV: your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Your little ones,  your wives,  and thy stranger  that [is] in  thy camp,  from the hewer  of thy wood  unto the drawer  of thy water: 

What does Deuteronomy 29:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 29:1-13 - The Covenant That Brings Prosperity
In one great final convocation Moses rehearsed the Covenant, and endeavored to bind the people to its provisions. It becomes us all from time to time to look into the vows that we have made, reviewing them to see if we have carefully observed and kept our pledges. We need also to enlarge their scope as one new department after another is added to the experience of our souls. A review also of God's great love and care through past years should constrain us, as by the mercies of God, to present ourselves anew to Him, as a "living sacrifice," Romans 12:1-2.
Notice the double aspect of Deuteronomy 29:12-13. It is not enough for us to be willing to enter into a covenant with God and to take His oath; we need that God should establish us unto Himself that we may become His peculiar people. The established heart and character are the very special gifts of the Holy Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Peter 5:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 29

1  Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen
10  All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant
18  The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness
29  Secret things belong unto God

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 29:11 mean?

your little ones and your wives and the stranger who [is] in your camp from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water
טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ

טַפְּכֶ֣ם  your  little  ones 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: טַף 
Sense: children, little children, little ones.
נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם  and  your  wives 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔  and  the  stranger 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גֵּר  
Sense: sojourner.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  who  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ  your  camp 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
מֵחֹטֵ֣ב  from  the  one  who  cuts 
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: חָטַב  
Sense: to cut, gather.
עֵצֶ֔יךָ  your  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
שֹׁאֵ֥ב  the  one  who  draws 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: שָׁאַב  
Sense: to draw (water).
מֵימֶֽיךָ  your  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.