Verse 6

Deuteronomy 4:6

American Standard Version

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6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶם֒ כִּ֣י הִ֤וא חָכְמַתְ/כֶם֙ וּ/בִ֣ינַתְ/כֶ֔ם לְ/עֵינֵ֖י הָ/עַמִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁמְע֗וּ/ן אֵ֚ת כָּל הַ/חֻקִּ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה וְ/אָמְר֗וּ רַ֚ק עַם חָכָ֣ם וְ/נָב֔וֹן הַ/גּ֥וֹי הַ/גָּד֖וֹל הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

And you shall keep and do them, for they are your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them;... Focus ↗

2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may k... Focus ↗

3 Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor,... Focus ↗

4 But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God (Elohim) are alive every one of you this day. Focus ↗

5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God (Elohim) commanded me, tha... Focus ↗

6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peopl...

7 For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God (Elohim) is wh... Focus ↗

8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, whic... Focus ↗

9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eye... Focus ↗

10 the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God (Elohim) in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Asse... Focus ↗

11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of h... Focus ↗

12 And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no... Focus ↗

13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments;... Focus ↗

14 And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in... Focus ↗

15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah sp... Focus ↗

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of m... Focus ↗

17 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the h... Focus ↗

18 the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water... Focus ↗

19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars... Focus ↗

20 But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto... Focus ↗

21 Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan... Focus ↗

22 but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that g... Focus ↗

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God (Elohim), which he made w... Focus ↗

24 For Jehovah thy God (Elohim) is a devouring fire, a jealous God (Elohim). Focus ↗

25 When thou shalt beget children, and children`s children, and ye shall have been long in the land, an... Focus ↗

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off... Focus ↗

27 And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations... Focus ↗

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men`s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear,... Focus ↗

29 But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God (Elohim), and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest... Focus ↗

30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt... Focus ↗

31 for Jehovah thy God (Elohim) is a merciful God (Elohim); he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee... Focus ↗

32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God (Elohim) creat... Focus ↗

33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God (Elohim) speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast... Focus ↗

34 Or hath God (Elohim) assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by tria... Focus ↗

35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God (Elohim); there is none else... Focus ↗

36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made th... Focus ↗

37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out wit... Focus ↗

38 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee... Focus ↗

39 Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God (Elohim) in heaven above an... Focus ↗

40 And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may g... Focus ↗

41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; Focus ↗

42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time... Focus ↗

43 [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, f... Focus ↗

44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: Focus ↗

45 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children... Focus ↗

46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites,... Focus ↗

47 And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorit... Focus ↗

48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermo... Focus ↗

49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 4 (49 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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