Deuteronomy 6 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 7

¹When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;

KJVWhen the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bring^H935^(H8686) thee into the land^H776 whither thou goest^H935^(H8802) to possess^H3423^(H8800) it, and hath cast out^H5394^(H8804) many^H7227 nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee, the Hittites^H2850, and the Girgashites^H1622, and the Amorites^H567, and the Canaanites^H3669, and the Perizzites^H6522, and the Hivites^H2340, and the Jebusites^H2983, seven^H7651 nations^H1471 greater^H7227 and mightier^H6099 than thou;

² and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.

KJVAnd when the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) them before^H6440 thee; thou shalt smite^H5221^(H8689) them, and utterly^H2763^(H8687) destroy^H2763^(H8686) them; thou shalt make^H3772^(H8799) no covenant^H1285 with them, nor shew mercy^H2603^(H8799) unto them:

³ You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

KJVNeither shalt thou make marriages^H2859^(H8691) with them; thy daughter^H1323 thou shalt not give^H5414^(H8799) unto his son^H1121, nor his daughter^H1323 shalt thou take^H3947^(H8799) unto thy son^H1121.

⁴ For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

KJVFor they will turn away^H5493^(H8686) thy son^H1121 from following^H310 me, that they may serve^H5647^(H8804) other^H312 gods^H430: so will the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 be kindled^H2734^(H8804) against you, and destroy^H8045^(H8689) thee suddenly^H4118.

⁵ But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.

KJVBut thus shall ye deal^H6213^(H8799) with them; ye shall destroy^H5422^(H8799) their altars^H4196, and break down^H7665^(H8762) their images^H4676, and cut down^H1438^(H8762) their groves^H842, and burn^H8313^(H8799) their graven images^H6456 with fire^H784.

⁶ For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

KJVFor thou art an holy^H6918 people^H5971 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977^(H8804) thee to be a special^H5459 people^H5971 unto himself, above all people^H5971 that are upon the face^H6440 of the earth^H127.

⁷ Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;

KJVThe LORD^H3068 did not set his love^H2836^(H8804) upon you, nor choose^H977^(H8799) you, because ye were more^H7230 in number than any people^H5971; for ye were the fewest^H4592 of all people^H5971:

⁸ but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

KJVBut because the LORD^H3068 loved^H160 you, and because he would keep^H8104^(H8800) the oath^H7621 which he had sworn^H7650^(H8738) unto your fathers^H1, hath the LORD^H3068 brought you out^H3318^(H8689) with a mighty^H2389 hand^H3027, and redeemed^H6299^(H8799) you out of the house^H1004 of bondmen^H5650, from the hand^H3027 of Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714.

⁹ Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,

KJVKnow^H3045^(H8804) therefore that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, he is God^H430, the faithful^H539^(H8737) God^H410, which keepeth^H8104^(H8802) covenant^H1285 and mercy^H2617 with them that love^H157^(H8802) him and keep^H8104^(H8802) his commandments^H4687 to a thousand^H505 generations^H1755;

¹⁰ and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

KJVAnd repayeth^H7999^(H8764) them that hate^H8130^(H8802) him to their face^H6440, to destroy^H6^(H8687) them: he will not be slack^H309^(H8762) to him that hateth^H8130^(H8802) him, he will repay^H7999^(H8762) him to his face^H6440.

¹¹ You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.

KJVThou shalt therefore keep^H8104^(H8804) the commandments^H4687, and the statutes^H2706, and the judgments^H4941, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117, to do^H6213^(H8800) them.

¹² It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.

KJVWherefore it shall come to pass, if^H6118 ye hearken^H8085^(H8799) to these judgments^H4941, and keep^H8104^(H8804), and do^H6213^(H8804) them, that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall keep^H8104^(H8804) unto thee the covenant^H1285 and the mercy^H2617 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1:

¹³ He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

KJVAnd he will love^H157^(H8804) thee, and bless^H1288^(H8765) thee, and multiply^H7235^(H8689) thee: he will also bless^H1288^(H8765) the fruit^H6529 of thy womb^H990, and the fruit^H6529 of thy land^H127, thy corn^H1715, and thy wine^H8492, and thine oil^H3323, the increase^H7698 of thy kine^H504, and the flocks^H6251 of thy sheep^H6629, in the land^H127 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1 to give^H5414^(H8800) thee.

¹⁴ You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.

KJVThou shalt be blessed^H1288^(H8803) above all people^H5971: there shall not be male^H6135 or female barren^H6135 among you, or among your cattle^H929.

¹⁵ Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 will take away^H5493^(H8689) from thee all sickness^H2483, and will put^H7760^(H8799) none of the evil^H7451 diseases^H4064 of Egypt^H4714, which thou knowest^H3045^(H8804), upon thee; but will lay^H5414^(H8804) them upon all them that hate^H8130^(H8802) thee.

¹⁶ You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.

KJVAnd thou shalt consume^H398^(H8804) all the people^H5971 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8802) thee; thine eye^H5869 shall have no pity^H2347^(H8799) upon them: neither shalt thou serve^H5647^(H8799) their gods^H430; for that will be a snare^H4170 unto thee.

¹⁷ If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”

KJVIf thou shalt say^H559^(H8799) in thine heart^H3824, These nations^H1471 are more^H7227 than I; how^H349 can^H3201^(H8799) I dispossess^H3423^(H8687) them?

¹⁸ you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

KJVThou shalt not be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of them: but shalt well^H2142^(H8800) remember^H2142^(H8799) what the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 did^H6213^(H8804) unto Pharaoh^H6547, and unto all Egypt^H4714;

¹⁹ the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out. So shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

KJVThe great^H1419 temptations^H4531 which thine eyes^H5869 saw^H7200^(H8804), and the signs^H226, and the wonders^H4159, and the mighty^H2389 hand^H3027, and the stretched out^H5186^(H8803) arm^H2220, whereby the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 brought thee out^H3318^(H8689): so shall the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 do^H6213^(H8799) unto all the people^H5971 of whom thou art afraid^H3373^H6440.

²⁰ Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.

KJVMoreover the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will send^H7971^(H8762) the hornet^H6880 among them, until they that are left^H7604^(H8737), and hide^H5641^(H8737) themselves from^H6440 thee, be destroyed^H6^(H8800).

²¹ You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.

KJVThou shalt not be affrighted^H6206^(H8799) at^H6440 them: for the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is among^H7130 you, a mighty^H1419 God^H410 and terrible^H3372^(H8737).

²² Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will put out^H5394^(H8804) those^H411 nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee by little^H4592 and little^H4592: thou mayest^H3201^(H8799) not consume^H3615^(H8763) them at once^H4118, lest the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704 increase^H7235^(H8799) upon thee.

²³ But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) them unto thee^H6440, and shall destroy^H1949^(H8804) them with a mighty^H1419 destruction^H4103, until they be destroyed^H8045^(H8736).

²⁴ He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.

KJVAnd he shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) their kings^H4428 into thine hand^H3027, and thou shalt destroy^H6^(H8689) their name^H8034 from under heaven^H8064: there shall no man^H376 be able to stand^H3320^(H8691) before^H6440 thee, until thou have destroyed^H8045^(H8687) them.

²⁵ You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

KJVThe graven images^H6456 of their gods^H430 shall ye burn^H8313^(H8799) with fire^H784: thou shalt not desire^H2530^(H8799) the silver^H3701 or gold^H2091 that is on them, nor take^H3947^(H8804) it unto thee, lest thou be snared^H3369^(H8735) therein: for it is an abomination^H8441 to the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430.

²⁶ You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

KJVNeither shalt thou bring^H935^(H8686) an abomination^H8441 into thine house^H1004, lest thou be a cursed thing^H2764 like it: but thou shalt utterly^H8262^(H8763) detest^H8262^(H8762) it, and thou shalt utterly^H8581^(H8763) abhor^H8581^(H8762) it; for it is a cursed thing^H2764.

WEB·Deuteronomy 6

¹Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess;

KJVNow these are the commandments^H4687, the statutes^H2706, and the judgments^H4941, which the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 commanded^H6680^(H8765) to teach^H3925^(H8763) you, that ye might do^H6213^(H8800) them in the land^H776 whither ye go^H5674^(H8802) to possess^H3423^(H8800) it:

² that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

KJVThat thou mightest fear^H3372^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, to keep^H8104^(H8800) all his statutes^H2708 and his commandments^H4687, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee, thou, and thy son^H1121, and thy son's^H1121 son^H1121, all the days^H3117 of thy life^H2416; and that thy days^H3117 may be prolonged^H748^(H8686).

³ Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8804) therefore, O Israel^H3478, and observe^H8104^(H8804) to do^H6213^(H8800) it; that it may be well^H3190^(H8799) with thee, and that ye may increase^H7235^(H8799) mightily^H3966, as the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of thy fathers^H1 hath promised^H1696^(H8765) thee, in the land^H776 that floweth^H2100^(H8802) with milk^H2461 and honey^H1706.

⁴ Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), O Israel^H3478: The LORD^H3068 our God^H430 is one^H259 LORD^H3068:

⁵ You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

KJVAnd thou shalt love^H157^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 with all thine heart^H3824, and with all thy soul^H5315, and with all thy might^H3966.

⁶ These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

KJVAnd these words^H1697, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117, shall be in thine heart^H3824:

⁷ and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

KJVAnd thou shalt teach them diligently^H8150^(H8765) unto thy children^H1121, and shalt talk^H1696^(H8765) of them when thou sittest^H3427^(H8800) in thine house^H1004, and when thou walkest^H3212^(H8800) by the way^H1870, and when thou liest down^H7901^(H8800), and when thou risest up^H6965^(H8800).

⁸ You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

KJVAnd thou shalt bind^H7194^(H8804) them for a sign^H226 upon thine hand^H3027, and they shall be as frontlets^H2903 between thine eyes^H5869.

⁹ You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.

KJVAnd thou shalt write^H3789^(H8804) them upon the posts^H4201 of thy house^H1004, and on thy gates^H8179.

¹⁰ It shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities which you didn’t build,

KJVAnd it shall be, when the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall have brought^H935^(H8686) thee into the land^H776 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1, to Abraham^H85, to Isaac^H3327, and to Jacob^H3290, to give^H5414^(H8800) thee great^H1419 and goodly^H2896 cities^H5892, which thou buildedst^H1129^(H8804) not,

¹¹ and houses full of all good things which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;

KJVAnd houses^H1004 full^H4392 of all good^H2898 things, which thou filledst^H4390^(H8765) not, and wells^H953 digged^H2672^(H8803), which thou diggedst^H2672^(H8804) not, vineyards^H3754 and olive trees^H2132, which thou plantedst^H5193^(H8804) not; when thou shalt have eaten^H398^(H8804) and be full^H7646^(H8804);

¹² then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

KJVThen beware^H8104^(H8734) lest thou forget^H7911^(H8799) the LORD^H3068, which brought thee forth^H3318^(H8689) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, from the house^H1004 of bondage^H5650.

¹³ You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

KJVThou shalt fear^H3372^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and serve^H5647^(H8799) him, and shalt swear^H7650^(H8735) by his name^H8034.

¹⁴ You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,

KJVYe shall not go^H3212^(H8799) after^H310 other^H312 gods^H430, of the gods^H430 of the people^H5971 which are round about^H5439 you;

¹⁵ for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God, lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

KJV(For the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is a jealous^H7067 God^H410 among^H7130 you) lest the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 be kindled^H2734^(H8799) against thee, and destroy^H8045^(H8689) thee from off the face^H6440 of the earth^H127.

¹⁶ You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

KJVYe shall not tempt^H5254^(H8762) the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, as ye tempted^H5254^(H8765) him in Massah^H4532.

¹⁷ You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

KJVYe shall diligently^H8104^(H8800) keep^H8104^(H8799) the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and his testimonies^H5713, and his statutes^H2706, which he hath commanded^H6680^(H8765) thee.

¹⁸ You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

KJVAnd thou shalt do^H6213^(H8804) that which is right^H3477 and good^H2896 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068: that it may be well^H3190^(H8799) with thee, and that thou mayest go in^H935^(H8804) and possess^H3423^(H8804) the good^H2896 land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1,

¹⁹ to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

KJVTo cast out^H1920^(H8800) all thine enemies^H341^(H8802) from before^H6440 thee, as the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765).

²⁰ When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”

KJVAnd when thy son^H1121 asketh^H7592^(H8799) thee in time to come^H4279, saying^H559^(H8800), What mean the testimonies^H5713, and the statutes^H2706, and the judgments^H4941, which the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 hath commanded^H6680^(H8765) you?

²¹ then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

KJVThen thou shalt say^H559^(H8804) unto thy son^H1121, We were Pharaoh's^H6547 bondmen^H5650 in Egypt^H4714; and the LORD^H3068 brought us out^H3318^(H8686) of Egypt^H4714 with a mighty^H2389 hand^H3027:

²² and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 shewed^H5414^(H8799) signs^H226 and wonders^H4159, great^H1419 and sore^H7451, upon Egypt^H4714, upon Pharaoh^H6547, and upon all his household^H1004, before our eyes^H5869:

²³ and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

KJVAnd he brought us out^H3318^(H8689) from thence, that he might bring us in^H935^(H8687), to give^H5414^(H8800) us the land^H776 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto our fathers^H1.

²⁴ Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680^(H8762) us to do^H6213^(H8800) all these statutes^H2706, to fear^H3372^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 our God^H430, for our good^H2896 always^H3117, that he might preserve us alive^H2421^(H8763), as it is at this day^H3117.

²⁵ It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”

KJVAnd it shall be our righteousness^H6666, if we observe^H8104^(H8799) to do^H6213^(H8800) all these^H2063 commandments^H4687 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 our God^H430, as he hath commanded^H6680^(H8765) us.

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