What Does Deuteronomy 11:12 Mean in the King James?

A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 11:12 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The land is cared for through a verb of seeking: divine care here is active attention, not distant sentiment.

THE MEANING

The land is held in God’s regard from the year’s opening to its close. The verse portrays care as sustained attention through every season.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie is that what sustains life is unattended or that divine care comes and goes; the verse describes a gaze that spans the whole year.

THE ROOT

דֹּרֵשׁ

doresh

GROWS FROM

דרש

To seek, inquire, or investigate; in some contexts, to require.

The Hebrew verb translated “careth for” is a form of seeking. That adds active attention to the picture: the land is not merely the object of a distant feeling but something God seeks and regards continually.

ALSO GROWS

darash: To seek, inquire, or consult.

דָּרַשׁ

This verb makes the active quality of the land’s care visible beneath the English phrase.

midrash: Inquiry, study, or exposition.

מִדְרָשׁ

This related word carries the root’s sense of seeking into sustained inquiry, echoing the verse’s picture of attentive regard.

THE PATTERN

Divine care appears as attentive regard that sustains life across the whole reach of its need.

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Psalm 33:18 · KJVThe Lord’s eye rests attentively upon those who hope in his faithful love.

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

2 Chronicles 16:9 · KJVThe image widens from one land to the whole earth, where the Lord’s eyes are continually moving in search.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Matthew 6:26 · KJVThe Father’s attention is shown in the ongoing provision that sustains even the birds.

THE THREAD

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalm 9:10 · KJV

The word translated “careth for” in Deuteronomy and “seek” here comes from the same root, ⁨דרש⁩ (darash), meaning to seek or inquire. The land is sought and attended to by God; those who seek God are not forsaken.

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