Deuteronomy 4 Parallel Bible

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1	And now Israel, hear to the laws and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye shall live and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers gave 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	Ye shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, and ye shall not take away from it, to watch the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding 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 saw what Jehovah did upon Baal-Peor: for every man who went after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God destroyed him from the midst of 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	And ye cleaving to Jehovah your God, are living all of you this 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	See, I taught you laws and judgments as Jehovah my God commanded me, to do thus in the midst of the land where ye are going there to possess it.	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 watch and do: for it is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who shall hear all these laws, and say, Only this great nation a wise and understanding people.	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	For what great nation to whom God being near to it as Jehovah our God in all our calling to him?	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	And what great nation to whom laws and judgments just, as all the instructions which I give before you this day?	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	Only watch to thyself and watch thy soul greatly, lest thou shalt forget the words which thine eyes saw, and lest they shall remove from thy heart all the days of thy life: and make them known to thy sons and to the sons of thy sons.	“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	The day thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, in Jehovah saying to me, Gather to me the people and I will cause them to hear my word, that they shall be taught to fear me all the days which they live upon the land; and they shall teach their sons.	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 ye shall come near and shall stand under the mountain; and the mountain burnt with fire even to the heart of the heavens, darkness, cloud, and gloom.	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 Jehovah will speak to you from the midst of the fire, ye hearing a voice of words, and ye seeing not an appearance, except a voice.	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 will announce to you his covenant which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he will write them upon two tables of stones.	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 Jehovah commanded me in that time to teach you laws and judgments for you to do them in the land which ye are passing over there to possess it.	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 watch ye greatly to your souls, for ye saw not any appearance in the day Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the 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	Lest ye shall be corrupted and make to you a carved thing, the appearance of any likeness, the model 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	The model of any cattle that is upon the earth, the model of any winged bird that shall fly in the heavens,	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	The model of any thing creeping upon the earth, the model of any fish that is in the waters from 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	And lest thou shalt lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and thou wert driven and didst worship to them, and didst serve them, which Jehovah thy God divided them out to all the peoples under all the heavens.	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	And Jehovah took you and brought you forth out of the furnace of iron, out of Egypt, to be to him for a people of inheritance as this 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 Jehovah will be angry with me on account of your words, and he will swear for me not to pass through Jordan, and not to go in to the good land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance:	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	For I die in this land, not to pass over Jordan: and ye are passing over and shall possess this good 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	Watch for yourselves lest ye shall forget the covenant of Jehovah your God which he cut out with you, and ye make to you any carved thing, the appearance of any thing which Jehovah thy God commanded thee.	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 Jehovah thy God he 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 thou shalt beget sons, and sons' sons, and ye rested in the land and were corrupted, and made a carved thing, the appearance of any thing, and ye did evil in the eyes of Jehovah thy God to irritate him.	“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 took the heavens and the earth to witness against you this day, that perishing, ye shall perish to-morrow from the land which ye are passing over Jordan there to possess it: ye shall not prolong the days upon it, but being destroyed, ye shall be destroyed.	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 Jehovah scattered you among the peoples, and ye remained men of number among the nations where Jehovah will lead you there.	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 ye served there gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which shall not see, and shall not hear, and shall not eat, and shall not breathe.	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 thou sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and thou didst find, for ye shall seek him with all thy heart and with all thy 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	In straitness to thee, and all these words found thee in the last of the days, and thou didst turn to Jehovah thy God and heardest to 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 Jehovah thy God a merciful God; he will not desert thee, and he will not destroy thee, and he will not forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware to them.	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	For ask now to the former days which were before thee from the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the end of the heavens to the end of the heavens, Has there been as this great word, or was heard like it?	“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	Did people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire as thou didst hear, and shall 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	Or did God try to go and take to him a nation from the midst of a nation by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an extended arm, and by great fears, according to all that Jehovah your God did to you in Egypt before 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	Thou sawest to know that Jehovah he is God: no more 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	Out of the heavens he caused thee to hear his voice to instruct thee: and upon earth he caused thee to see his great fire, and thou heardest 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	And because that he loved thy fathers he will choose in his seed after him, and he will bring thee out before him with his great strength from Egypt.	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	To drive out nations great and strong above thee, from thy face, to bring thee in to give to thee their land an inheritance as this 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	And know thou this day, and turn back to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in the heavens from above and upon the earth underneath: and none yet.	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	And watch thou his laws and his commands which I am commanding thee this day, that it shall be good to thee and to thy sons after thee, and that thou shalt prolong the days upon the land that Jehovah thy God gave to thee, all the days.	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 will separate three cities in the other side of Jordan from the rising of the sun;	Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,	Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,
42	For the slayer to flee there when he shall slay his friend without knowledge; and he hated him not yesterday the third day; and he fled to one of these cities and he lived:	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 desert, in the land of the plain to the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead to the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, to the Manassites.	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	And this the instruction which Moses set 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	These the testimonies and the laws and the judgments which Moses spake to the sons of Israel in their going forth out of 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	In the other side of Jordan, in the valley over against the House of Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who will dwell in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, and the sons of Israel, in their going out of 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	And they shall possess their land and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, which in the other side of Jordan from 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 upon the lip of the torrent Arnon, and even to mount Sion (it is 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	And all the desert the other side of Jordan, from the sun-rising and even to the sea, the desert under the springs of 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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