Ephesians 6:3
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That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.

Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 6:3,18 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly multiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey. . . .

Deuteronomy 12:25,28 That it may be well with thee and thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord. . . .

Deuteronomy 22:7 But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time.

Ruth 3:1 After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.

Psalm 128:1,2 A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. . . .

Isaiah 3:10 Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 42:6 Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee: that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.

Context
Children and Parents
2Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth. 4And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 5:33
But you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God hath commanded, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be long in the land of your possession.

Psalm 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:

Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Lexicon
“that
Ἵνα (Hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

it may go
γένηται (genētai)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

well
εὖ (eu)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2095: Well, well done, good, rightly; also used as an exclamation. Neuter of a primary eus; well.

with you
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

and [that]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you may have
ἔσῃ (esē)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a long life
μακροχρόνιος (makrochronios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3118: Long-timed, long-lived. From makros and chronos; long-timed, i.e. Long-lived.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth.”
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.


Additional Translations
“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

"that it may be well with you and you will be long-lived upon the earth."

That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

"so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."

"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
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