Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.
New American Standard Bible
So you shall observe to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you;
King James Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Holman Bible
“Be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left.
International Standard Version
You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.
A Conservative Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as LORD your God has commanded you. Ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
American Standard Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Amplified
Therefore you shall pay attention and be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left [deviating from My commandments].
Bible in Basic English
Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.
Julia Smith Translation
And watch ye to do as Jehovah your God commanded right: ye shall not turn aside to the right and to the left.
King James 2000
You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[So] you must be careful to do [just] as Yahweh your God commanded you; you shall not turn [to the] right or [to the] left.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall be careful to do as Jehovah your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed therefore that ye do as the LORD your God hath commanded you, and turn not aside: either to the righthand or to the left:
NET Bible
Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
New Heart English Bible
You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
The Emphasized Bible
So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you, - ye must not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Webster
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
World English Bible
You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside -- right or left;
Themes
Decision » Opposed to » Turning to the right or left
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In moving forward toward the goal
Interlinear
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Tsavah
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 5:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Basic Stipulations
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:20
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:14
and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 23:6
And be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.
Deuteronomy 6:3
And thou shalt hear, Israel, and take heed to do them; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase greatly, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy 8:1
Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 11:32
And ye shall take heed to do all the statutes and ordinances which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy 12:32
Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
Deuteronomy 24:8
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou take great heed, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them shall ye take heed to do.
2 Kings 21:8
neither will I any more cause the foot of Israel to wander away from the land that I gave their fathers; if they will only take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
Psalm 125:5
But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
Ezekiel 37:24
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them.
2 Peter 2:21
For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.