Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live.

New American Standard Bible

Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

King James Version

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Holman Bible

Keep my commands and live;
protect my teachings
as the pupil of your eye.

International Standard Version

Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.

A Conservative Version

Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.

American Standard Version

Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

Amplified


Keep my commandments and live,
And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.

Bible in Basic English

Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

Darby Translation

Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

Julia Smith Translation

Watch my commands, and live; and my law as the pupil of thine eyes.

King James 2000

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like [the] {apple of your eye}.

Modern King James verseion

Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.

NET Bible

Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

New Heart English Bible

Keep my commandments and live. Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

The Emphasized Bible

Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

Webster

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.

World English Bible

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Youngs Literal Translation

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

and live
חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

and my law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

as the apple
אישׁון 
'iyshown 
Usage: 5

References

Context Readings

Warning Against The Strange Woman

1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee. 2 Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them in the table of thine heart.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:10

"He found him in a desert land, in a void ground and a roaring wilderness. He led him about and gave him understanding, and kept him as the apple of his eye.

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, which spoiled you: for whoso toucheth you, shall touch the apple of his own eye.

Leviticus 18:5

Keep therefore mine ordinances, and my judgments which, if a man do, he shall live thereby: for I am the LORD.

Proverbs 4:13

Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

John 12:49-50

For I have not spoken of myself: but the father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.

John 14:21

He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, the same is he that loveth me: and he shall be loved of my father, and I will love him, and will show mine own self unto him."

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

1 John 2:3-4

And hereby we are sure that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

1 John 5:1-3

All that believe that Jesus is Christ, are born of God. And all that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was begotten of him.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that their power may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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