Deuteronomy 4 Parallel Bible

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1	“And now, O Israel, listen to the precepts and judgments which I am teaching to you, so that, by doing these, you may live, and you may enter and possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to you.	“And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.	Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
2	You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you.	You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.	Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.
3	Your eyes have seen all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you.	Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.	You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,
4	But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day.	But you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today.	but all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive today.
5	You know that I have taught you precepts as well as justices, just as the Lord my God has commanded me. And so shall you do in the land that you will possess.	See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.	See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
6	And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: ‘Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.’	Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’	Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
7	Neither is there any other nation so great, which has its gods so near to them, as our God is present to all our petitions.	For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?	What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
8	For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes?	And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?	And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
9	And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,	“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—	Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
10	from the day on which you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: ‘Gather the people to me, so that they may listen to my words, and may learn to fear me, throughout all the time that they are alive on earth, and so that they may teach their children.’	how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’	Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”
11	And you approached the base of the mountain, which was burning even toward heaven. And there was a darkness upon it, and a cloud, and a mist.	And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.	You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
12	And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you did not see any form at all.	Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.	Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
13	And he revealed his covenant to you, which he instructed you to carry out, and the ten words which he wrote on two tablets of stone.	And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.	He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.
14	And he commanded me, at that time, that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you must carry out, in the land that you shall possess.	And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.	And the LORD directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
15	And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire.	“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,	You saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,
16	Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,	beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,	so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,
17	a likeness of any of the beasts, which are upon the earth, or of birds, which fly under heaven,	the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,	or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,
18	or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth.	the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.	or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.
19	Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.	And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.	And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
20	But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day.	But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.	But as for you, 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 now are.
21	And the Lord became angry against me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give to you.	Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.	The LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance.
22	Behold, I shall die on this soil. I shall not cross over the Jordan. You shall cross it, and you shall possess the singular land.	For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.	I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.
23	Be careful, lest you at sometime forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made.	Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you.	Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.
24	For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.	For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.	For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25	When you will have conceived sons and grandsons while abiding in the land, and if, having been deceived, you make for yourselves any likeness, accomplishing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to wrath,	“When you father children and children’s children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, so as to provoke him to anger,	After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger,
26	I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that you shall quickly perish from the land, which, when you have crossed over the Jordan, you will possess. You will not live in it for a long time; instead, the Lord will destroy you.	I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.	I call the heavens and the 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 there long but will certainly be destroyed.
27	And he will scatter you among all the nations, and few of you will remain among those nations, to which the Lord will lead you.	And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.	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.
28	And there, you will serve gods which were fabricated by the hands of men: gods of wood and of stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.	And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.	There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
29	And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of your soul.	But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.	But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30	After all these things which have been foretold have found you, in the end time, you shall return to the Lord your God, and you will hear his voice.	When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice.	When 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 obey him.
31	For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you, nor will he entirely destroy you, nor will he forget the covenant, which he swore to your fathers.	For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.	For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
32	Inquire concerning the days of antiquity, which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to another, if anything similar has ever occurred, or whether any such thing has ever been known,	“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.	Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
33	that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live,	Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?	Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?
34	whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of your eyes.	Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?	Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
35	So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.	To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.	You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.
36	He has caused you to hear his voice from heaven, so that he might teach you. And he showed you his exceedingly great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.	Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.	From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
37	For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power,	And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,	Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
38	so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present day.	driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,	to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
39	Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and there is no other.	know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.	Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
40	Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.”	Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”	Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.
41	Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region,	Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,	Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,
42	so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape to one of these cities:	that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:	to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.
43	Bezer in the wilderness, which is situated in the plains of the tribe of Ruben; and Ramoth in Gilead, which is in the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, which is in the tribe of Manasseh.	Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.	The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
44	This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel.	This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel.	This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.
45	And these are the testimonies and ceremonies as well as judgments, which he spoke to the sons of Israel, when they departed from Egypt,	These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt,	These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt
46	across the Jordan, in the valley opposite the shrine of Peor, in the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down. Accordingly, the sons of Israel, having departed from Egypt,	beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.	and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
47	possessed his land, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the land of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun:	And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan;	They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
48	from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon,	from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),	This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
49	the entire plain across the Jordan, from its eastern region, as far as the sea of the wilderness, and even to the base of Mount Pisgah.	together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.	and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.
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