Deuteronomy 5:33

5:33 Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess.

Deuteronomy 22:7

22:7 You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.


tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

tn Heb “may prolong your days”; NAB “may have long life”; TEV “will continue to live.”

tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”