Deuteronomy 4 BSB ISV Parallel

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1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

1"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the ordinances that I'm teaching you to observe so you may live and go in to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is about to give you.

2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

2Do not add or subtract a thing to what I'm commanding you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God.

3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

3You saw with your own eyes what he did in Baal Peor. The LORD your God exterminated from among you every man who followed Baal of Peor.

4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

4But all of you who are clinging to the LORD your God are alive today.

5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

5See! I taught you the statutes and the ordinances, just as the LORD God commanded. Therefore, observe them when you enter the land you are about to possess.

6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

6Observe them carefully, because this will show your wisdom and discernment in the eyes of people who'll listen to all these decrees. Then they'll say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people.'

7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

7For what great nation has a god so near like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?

8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

8And what great nation has all the decrees and righteous ordinances like all this teaching that I'm giving you today?

9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

9Only guard yourselves carefully so you won't forget the things that you saw and let them slip from your mind for the rest of your life. Tell them to your children and to your grandchildren.

10The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

10The day you stood in the presence of the LORD your God in Horeb, the LORD told me, 'Gather the people before me so they may hear my words, learn to revere me the whole time that they live in the land, and teach them to their children.'"

11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

11"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain—a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds—

12And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

12the LORD your God spoke from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you saw no form; there was only a voice.

13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

13He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to observe—the Ten Commandments that he wrote on two stone tablets.

14At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

14The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you to observe the statutes and ordinances in the land after you cross over to take possession of it.

15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

15"Therefore, for your own sake, be very careful, since you did not see any form on the day that the LORD your God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire.

16that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

16Be careful! Otherwise, you will be destroyed when you make carved images for yourself—all sorts of images in the form of man, woman,

17of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

17any animal on earth, any winged bird that flies in the sky,

18or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

18any creeping thing on the ground, or any fish in the sea.

19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

19Do not gaze toward the heavens and observe the sun, the moon, the stars—the entire array of the sky—with the intent to worship and serve what the LORD your God gave every nation.

20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

20For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace—out of Egypt—to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.

21The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

21"But the LORD was angry with me because of you. So he swore that I'll never cross the Jordan River to enter the good land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance.

22For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

22I'm going to die in this land and I won't cross the Jordan River, but you're about to cross over to possess that good land.

23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

23Be careful! Otherwise, you will forget the covenant of the LORD your God, who established that covenant with you. Don't make carved images of any likeness in violation of everything that you were commanded by the LORD your God.

24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

24Indeed, the LORD your God is a consuming fire. He is a jealous God."

25After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

25"After you've borne children and grandchildren, have been there for a long time in the land, have become so corrupted that you make images of any form, and have done evil in the eyes of the LORD your God, you will provoke him to anger.

26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

26Heaven and earth will testify against what has occurred today: you'll surely and swiftly be destroyed from the land that you are about to possess by crossing the Jordan River. You won't live long in it, because you'll certainly be exterminated.

27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

27Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among the nations, and you'll be fewer in number in the nations where the LORD your God will drive you.

28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

28There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

29If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul.

30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

30In your distress, when all these things happen to you in days to come and you return to the LORD your God, then you will hear his voice.

31For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

31For God is compassionate. The LORD your God won't fail you. He won't destroy you or forget the covenant that he confirmed with your ancestors."

32Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

32"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?

33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

33Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of a fire just as you did, and survived it?

34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

34Or has any god ever taken for himself one nation out from another nation with testings, signs, wonders, wars, awesome power, and magnificent, terrifying deeds as the LORD your God did in Egypt before your eyes?

35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

35"You have been shown this in order to know that 'the LORD is God' and there is no one like him.

36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

36You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed. And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire.

37Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

37Moreover, he loved your ancestors, chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt, accompanied by his presence and great power,

38to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

38in order to drive out nations that are stronger and more powerful than you, to bring you into this land, and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.

39Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

39"May you acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in the heavens above and over the earth below—there is no other God.

40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

40May you observe his statutes and keep his commands that I'm giving you today, so that life may go well for you and for your descendants after you. That way, you'll live a long life in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you permanently."

41Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

41Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan,

42to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

42where a person who accidentally killed someone could flee, if he killed his neighbor without having enmity toward him in the past. He may flee to one of these cities and live:

43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

43Bezer in the desert plain for the descendants of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead for the descendants of Gad, and Golan in Bashan for the descendants of Manasseh.

44This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

44This is the Law that Moses reviewed in the presence of the Israelis.

45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

45These are the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that Moses declared to the Israelis when they came out of Egypt.

46while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

46He did this east of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and whom Moses and the Israelis defeated after leaving Egypt.

47They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—

47So they took possession of his land, as well as the land of King Og of Bashan. Both Amorite kings lived east of the Jordan—

48extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

48from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon as far as Mount Sirion, which is also called Hermon,

49including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.

49and all the Arabah east of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.

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