The Meaning of Deuteronomy 8:20 Explained

Deuteronomy 8:20

KJV: As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

YLT: as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.

Darby: As the nations which Jehovah is causing to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

ASV: As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As the nations  which the LORD  destroyeth  before your face,  so shall ye perish;  because  ye would not be obedient  unto the voice  of the LORD  your God. 

What does Deuteronomy 8:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 8:1-20 - Beware Of Forgetting God
"Thou shalt remember," Deuteronomy 8:2; "thou shalt consider," Deuteronomy 8:5; "thou shalt bless," Deuteronomy 8:10.
The lessons of hunger, Deuteronomy 8:1-9 : "Suffered to hunger." "Blessed are they that hunger." "Man doth not live by bread only;" he hungers for knowledge, opportunity, society, love. How many wan faces around us bear witness to the gnawing within. But the Father suffered His Son to fast; and so he deals with us, to prove us. It is only through the discipline of the soul, in learning to go without, that it can be trusted with spiritual opulence and power. See Deuteronomy 8:7-9.
The perils of prosperity, Deuteronomy 8:10-20 : It is harder to walk with God in the sunshine of success than in the nipping frosts of failure. When Paul said, "I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound," he put the hardest last. The one secret is to give all the glory to God, and to look always to the Cross, where we were crucified to the pride of the flesh, Philippians 2:7-11; Philippians 4:12. "I lay in dust life's glory dead!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 8

1  An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness to Israel

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 8:20 mean?

As the nations which Yahweh destroys before you so you shall perish because not you would be obedient to the voice of Yahweh your God -
כַּגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מַאֲבִ֣יד מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם כֵּ֖ן תֹאבֵד֑וּן עֵ֚קֶב לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֔וּן בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם פ

כַּגּוֹיִ֗ם  As  the  nations 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מַאֲבִ֣יד  destroys 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם  before  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
כֵּ֖ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
תֹאבֵד֑וּן  you  shall  perish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
עֵ֚קֶב  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: עֵקֶב  
Sense: consequence.
תִשְׁמְע֔וּן  you  would  be  obedient 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
בְּק֖וֹל  to  the  voice 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
יְהוָ֥ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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