Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Thou shall fear LORD thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name.

New American Standard Bible

You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

King James Version

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Holman Bible

Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.

International Standard Version

Fear the LORD your God, serve him, and make your oaths in his name.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

Amplified

You shall fear [only] the Lord your God; and you shall serve Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and swear [oaths] by His name [alone].

Bible in Basic English

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah thy God shalt thou fear, and him shalt thou serve, and in his name shalt thou swear.

King James 2000

You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

You shall fear Jehovah your God and serve Him, and shall swear by His name.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But fear the LORD thy God and serve him, and swear by his name,

NET Bible

You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

New Heart English Bible

You shall fear the LORD your God; and you shall serve him only, and shall swear by his name.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere And him, shalt thou serve, - And by his name, shalt thou swear.

Webster

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

and serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

him, and shalt swear
שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations

12 then beware lest thou forget LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 13 Thou shall fear LORD thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you,

Cross References

Luke 4:8

And having answered, Jesus said to him, Go thee behind me, Satan. It is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shall fear LORD thy God. Him thou shall serve, and to him thou shall cling, and by his name thou shall swear.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.

Psalm 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

Deuteronomy 13:4

Ye shall walk after LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cling to him.

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue will {confess to God (LXX/NT)}.

Isaiah 65:16

so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth, and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

Jeremiah 12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As LORD lives, even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Leviticus 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God. I am LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever!

Deuteronomy 6:2

that thou might fear LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what does LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Psalm 15:4

in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not,

Jeremiah 5:2

And though they say, As LORD lives, surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7

How can I pardon thee? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by those who are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

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