Deuteronomy 6:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

New Living Translation
You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

English Standard Version
It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.

Berean Study Bible
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

New American Standard Bible
You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

NASB 1995
"You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

NASB 1977
“You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him, and swear by His name.

Amplified Bible
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].

Christian Standard Bible
Fear the LORD your God, worship him, and take your oaths in his name.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.

Contemporary English Version
Worship and obey the LORD your God with fear and trembling, and promise that you will be loyal to him.

Good News Translation
Honor the LORD your God, worship only him, and make your promises in his name alone.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You must fear the LORD your God, serve him, and take your oaths only in his name.

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

NET Bible
You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

New King James Version
You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.

King James 2000 Bible
You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

New Heart English Bible
You shall fear the LORD your God; and you shall serve him only, and you shall cling to him, and take oaths by his name.

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall swear by His name.

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

English Revised Version
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym, and shalt sweare by his name.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue, and sweare by his name.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
But feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym, and swere by his name,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You fear your God YHWH, and you serve Him, and you swear by His Name.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

Smith's Literal Translation
Jehovah thy God shalt thou fear, and him shalt thou serve, and in his name shalt thou swear.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.

Catholic Public Domain Version
take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Stand in awe before LORD JEHOVAH your God and serve him and swear in his name.

Lamsa Bible
You shall reverence the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and Him shalt thou serve, and by His name shalt thou swear.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve; and thou shalt cleave to him, and by his name thou shalt swear.
















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