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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:
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.
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.
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.
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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'elohiym
Tsavah
Cuwr
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 5:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Basic Stipulations
31 But stand thou here before me and I will tell thee all the commandments, ordinances and laws which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.' 32 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: 33 but walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live and that it may go 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 arise not above his brethren and that he turn not from the commandment: either to the righthand or to the left: that both he and his children may prolong their days in his kingdom in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:14
And see that thou bow not from any of these words which I command thee this day, either to the righthand or to the left, that thou wouldest go after strange gods to serve them.
Joshua 1:7
Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand.
Joshua 23:6
Be, therefore, exceeding strong that ye take heed to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye bow not aside therefrom, to the righthand or to the left:
Proverbs 4:27
Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
And now hearken, Israel, unto the ordinances and laws which I teach you, for to do them: that ye may live and go and conquer the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear therefore, Israel, and take heed that thou do thereafter, that it may go well with thee and that ye may increase mightily: even as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 6:25
Moreover it shall be righteousness unto us before the LORD our God, if we take heed to keep all these commandments as he hath commanded us.'
Deuteronomy 8:1
All the commandments which I command thee this day ye shall keep for to do them, that ye may live and multiply and go and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 11:32
Take heed, therefore, that ye do all the commandments and laws, which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy 12:32
But whatsoever I command you, that take heed ye do: and put nought thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
Deuteronomy 24:8
Take heed to thyself as concerning the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently to do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach thee, as I commanded them so ye shall observe to do.
2 Kings 21:8
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers: so that they will be diligent to do all I have commanded them, and all the law that my servant Moses commanded them."
Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.
Ezekiel 37:24
David my servant shall be their king, and they all shall have one shepherd only. They shall walk in my laws, and my commandments shall they both keep and fulfill.
2 Peter 2:21
For it had been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, then after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment given unto them.